Jim Leyland News
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Detroit’s Anibal Sanchez struck out 17 Atlanta Braves in eight innings in the Tigers’ 10-0 home win.
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The Detroit Tigers have extended manager Jim Leyland’s contract through next season, two days after being outscored 16-6 in a World Series sweep by the San Francisco Giants.
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The San Francisco Giants captured their second World Series title in three years with a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers that followed comebacks during the first two rounds of Major League Baseball’s postseason.
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Pablo Sandoval, known as “Kung Fu Panda” because of his girth, became the fourth player in Major League Baseball history to hit three home runs in a World Series game as the host San Francisco Giants won the opener 8-3 against the Detroit Tigers.
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The New York Yankees’ 2012 season will be remembered for one of the most dismal offensive performances in the postseason history of a franchise that’s won 27 World Series titles.
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Detroit’s Armando Galarraga started to raise his hands in celebration at pitching a perfect game. Then he stared in disbelief as the umpire called the 27th Cleveland batter safe at first base, a decision the ump later acknowledged was wrong.
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Raul Ibanez pinch-hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning and won it with another homer in the 12th as the New York Yankees took a 2-1 lead in their Major League Baseball playoff series against the Baltimore Orioles.
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Davey Johnson of the Washington Nationals and Bob Melvin of the Oakland Athletics, who led smaller-payroll teams to Major League Baseball division titles this season, were honored as 2012 managers of the year.
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The San Francisco Giants took a two- games-to-none World Series lead against the Detroit Tigers by a matter of inches, one night after winning the opener with three home runs that traveled nearly a quarter of a mile.
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The San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics used strong pitching to stay alive in the Major League Baseball playoffs.
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