NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jim Leyland left his living room in Thornburg, Pennsylvania, and had gone upstairs to lie down, convinced the call to Cooperstown wasn't coming.
Hall chairman Jane Forbes Clark was on the line and Leyland had been voted in, two weeks shy of his 79th birthday.
Leyland coached in the Tigers minor league system, then started managing with Bristol of the Appalachian Rookie League in 1971.
The Pirates sank from there following the departures of Bonds and ace pitcher Doug Drabek as free agents, and Leyland left after Pittsburgh’s fourth straight losing season in 1996.
But the Marlins sold off veterans and tumbled to 54-108 in 1998, and Leyland left for the Rockies.
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