The Tigers announce Jim Leyland’s contract has been extended through 2013, after he managed the team to an American League pennant on a one-year deal this season. The 67 year-old skipper has been a major league manager for 21 years, including the last seven with Detroit, where he led the club to the postseason three times a

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The Tigers announce Jim Leyland’s contract has been extended through 2013, after he managed the team to an American League pennant on a one-year deal this season. The 67 year-old skipper has been a major league manager for 21 years, including the last seven with Detroit, where he led the club to the postseason three times a

There is a changing of the guard in the Gold Glove Awards, as 9 of the 19 recipients are first-time winners (there is tie for the award at pitcher in the American League, and it is shared by two first-time winners, Jeremy Hellickson and Jake Peavy). Two of the veterans who are honored are C Yadier Molina, who wins his fifth straight in the National League, and 1B Mark Teixeira also picks up his fifth in the junior circuit, although they have not been consecutive. For the first time since 1960, the outfield awards are assigned for playing a specific field, ending the practice of lumping all outfielders together.

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There is a changing of the guard in the Gold Glove Awards, as 9 of the 19 recipients are first-time winners (there is tie for the award at pitcher in the American League, and it is shared by two first-time winners, Jeremy Hellickson and Jake Peavy). Two of the veterans who are honored are C Yadier Molina, who wins his fifth straight in the National League, and 1B Mark Teixeira also picks up his fifth in the junior circuit, although they have not been consecutive. For the first time since 1960, the outfield awards are assigned for playing a specific field, ending the practice of lumping all outfielders together.