Yet the Bonds blowup, right or wrong, receives the most attention.
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He later won a World Series championship with the Marlins in 1997 and two pennants in Detroit. That’s the genius of Jim.”Ī former minor league catcher, Leyland managed 3,499 MLB games, including 1,716 with the Pirates. He knew he had the best player in baseball. “He knew that even though all that happened, we needed to win. “He goes, ‘You’re damn right I want him,’ ” Donnelly recalled. Leyland looked Donnelly right in the eye before taking one last drag on his cigarette.
Finally, Donnelly turned it around and wanted to know whether Leyland preferred to keep Bonds or pursue a trade. Get rid of him,’ ” Donnelly recalled during a lengthy interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette last month.Ī few minutes passed. During one commercial break, Leyland asked Donnelly what he thought the Pirates should do. With Donnelly on the floor and Leyland smoking on the couch, they watched the video on ESPN, its expletives censored and contents dissected. Inside the Bradenton, Fla., home they shared, Leyland and Rich Donnelly - a Pirates assistant coach at the time - couldn’t escape what happened. PITTSBURGH - It was the calm after the storm, the hours that followed Jim Leyland cussing out Barry Bonds during a spring training workout more than 30 years ago. Pittsburgh Pirates manager Jim Leyland, left, argues with home plate umpire Dutch Rennert over a call that gave Astros Jose Cruz a steal at third base in 1987, Houston, Tex.
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