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| | La Russa, Leyland are friends through the battle - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | Leyland took responsibility for the key at-bat that led to the Cardinals' victory in Game 1: pitching to slugger Albert Pujols instead of having Tigers starter Justin Verlander intentionally walk him with first base open in the third inning. |
 | | Leyland, 61, is a native Midwesterner, a chain smoker, the younger brother of a Catholic priest, not a lawyer, not a voracious reader. |
 | | Leyland, who won a World Series in 1997 with the Florida Marlins, is in his first year of managing since leaving the Colorado Rockies after a losing season in 1999. |
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