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In a recent article entitled, "How much credit does Jim Leyland deserve for Tigers' wakeup after lineup shakeup?" submitted by Jeff Passon, a writer for Yahoo Sports, informs us of the Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland's decision to shake up his lineup in the wake of game four of the American League Championship Series against the Boston redsox.

"The phones of the Detroit Tigers' position players started buzzing around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. Most were still asleep, the grind of the American League Championship Series and another flaccid day of hitting leaving them weary. Torii Hunter peeled his eyes open and read a message from Mac – Lloyd McClendon, his hitting coach: "You're leading off tonight. You OK with that?" Sure, Hunter replied, even though he hadn't done so in 14 years. Once Hunter gave the go-ahead, the other texts pinged through, and Jim Leyland's plan to rouse his team from its doldrums was in motion." This occurance stated by Jeff Passon about the early morning wakeup call outfielder Torii Hunter recieved shows the inside of what many fans dont see behind the scenes of a major league baseball team that is trying to break a slump.

"He didn't gloat after the Tigers rode the new-look batting order to a 7-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game 4 of the ALCS, knotting the series and ensuring a return this weekend to Fenway Park. Leyland, in fact, dismissed causation, correlation or any sort of relationship between the runs – which in the first three games had come in trickles and drips – and his fiddling: "I don't know that it had anything to do with it. I doubt it very much." This second statement by Jeff Passon proves why so many players love to play for Jim Leyland his why he does what he does. He doesnt mess around with his lineup unless there is something very wrong.

I believe that Jim Leyland is one of the best managers in the game and his win in game four of the ALCS proves that. when he shook up his lineup his players didnt gripe or moan because they respect him and his work.