" Leyland indeed remained as the manager, but resigned after a terrible season.

* 1944 – Jim Leyland, American baseball manager

Boles returned to his previous position as director of player development, and former Pittsburgh Pirates manager Jim Leyland was hired to lead the club in.

In addition to hiring Leyland as manager, the Marlins signed third baseman Bobby Bonilla, outfielder Moisés Alou, and pitcher Alex Fernandez to lucrative free-agent contracts, raising expectations to levels far beyond anything in franchise history.

Coincidentally, having won a championship while managing the Florida Marlins in 1997, Tigers manager Jim Leyland could have achieved this same feat had the Tigers defeated La Russa's Cardinals in the 2006 World Series.

* Jim Leyland, professional baseball manager

* Jim Leyland ( born 1944 ), American baseball manager

Current Tiger manager Jim Leyland had fond memories of " The Bird " dating back to the times he managed him in 1978, 1980 and 1981, when Fidrych was trying to come back from the knee and shoulder injuries.

On June 19, 2009, Jessica Fidrych honored her father at Comerica Park by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch to manager Jim Leyland for the Tigers game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Players were about to be called off the field but home plate umpire Brian Runge checked with Tigers ' manager Jim Leyland, who called the field security to confirm it was a false alarm.

James Richard " Jim " Leyland ( born December 15, 1944 ) is a Major League Baseball manager, currently with the Detroit Tigers.

With the Tigers ' victory in the 2006 American League Championship Series, Leyland became the seventh manager in history to win pennants in both the National and American Leagues.

Leyland left the Tigers organization for the first time in 1982 when he became Tony La Russa's third base coach for four seasons ( 1982 – 85 ) with the Chicago White Sox, including the team's 1983 AL West division title, before being named the 33rd manager in Pittsburgh Pirates history on November 20, 1985.

Leyland was the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1996.

One member of Leyland's coaching staff while with the Pirates, Terry Collins, the manager of the New York Mets, wears number 10 to honor Leyland.

Following the release of Alan Trammell as the manager of the Tigers on October 3, 2005, Leyland was immediately named a top contender to replace him for the 2006 season.

Despite a disappointing 2008 season, Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski announced on September 24, 2008, that Leyland would be back for the 2009 season.

On May 1, 2012, Leyland gained his 1, 600th victory as a major league manager, passing Tommy Lasorda on the all-time wins list.

On April 22, manager Jim Leyland announced that Cabrera would be moving to first base, with Carlos Guillen becoming the starting third basemen.

In July 1992 Chris Palmer of BDO Nelson was appointed receiver and manager of the park when the Leyland Brothers company failed to meet its loan commitment to the Commonwealth Bank.

Herzog and Jim Leyland were leading candidates to become manager of the Boston Red Sox following the 1996 season.

However, on April 22, manager Jim Leyland announced that Guillén would be moving to second base, with Miguel Cabrera becoming the new starting first baseman.

On September 27, 2008 Tigers manager Jim Leyland announced that Guillén will play left field in 2009.

That year, the Tigers made the playoffs for the first time in 19 years under manager Jim Leyland and general manager Dave Dombrowski.

* October 5 – British Leyland launches its new Metro, a three-door entry-level hatchback which is designed as the eventual replacement for the Mini.

The line remained open for freight until 1984, including serving the MG car factory, which opened in 1929 and closed in October 1980 as part of a British Leyland rationalisation plan.

1, 155, 032 cars were made at the plant over the next 51 years before British Leyland closed it down on 24 October 1980.

The Triumph Dolomite was a popular small saloon car produced by the Triumph Motor Company division of the British Leyland Corporation in Canley, Coventry between October 1972 and August 1980.

The Leyland plant at Zetland closed in October 1974, and production of the P76 ceased, although assembly continued at the Austin plant in Petone, New Zealand, where it was sold successfully in V8 form, until 1976.

Trammell was replaced by Jim Leyland on October 4, 2005.

On 18 October 1229, Henry III granted all land from the Ribble to the Mersey, including West Derby, Liverpool, the village of Salford, and the wapentake of Leyland to Ranulf Earl of Chester and Lincoln.

In the year 2005, the company was overtaken by the investment group Odien Capital Partners and in October 2006 the division of light trucks moved under the concern of Ashok Leyland of India, becoming Avia Ashok Leyland Motors Company ( AALM ).

In October 1978 Leyland announced the AEC factory would close, with the intention of keeping Titan production at Park Royal.

Finally, Leyland announced in October 1979 that Park Royal would close in May 1980.

MGB / MGC production continued until October 1980 variously by the British Motor Corporation and its successors, British Motor Holdings and British Leyland Motor Corporation.

The Triumph TR7 is a sports car manufactured from September 1974 to October 1981 by the Triumph Motor Company ( which was part of British Leyland ) in the United Kingdom.

Yorkshire Rider was privatised in October 1988, the first PTE to be privatised, during this time 50 new double-dckers arrived, 25 MCW Metrobuses and 25 low-height Northern Counties Leyland Olympians, which featured yet again another interior decor change, with two tone grey panels, and a new moquette being two tone grey and pink with YR emblems on.

After discussions with several overseas manufacturers, ODIEN sold the Truck Business Unit to Ashok Leyland in October 2006.

This was to have been a standard Leyland wartime bus, 500 were commissioned by the Ministry of Supply and a Leyland Utility body was constructed by October 1941, but in a change of Government policy, Guy Motors were commissioned to build 500 chassis to the same outline drawings as the TD8, and Leyland's output for the duration was centred upon tanks ; these Guy buses were the first of the famous utility Guy Arabs, the earliest bodied in early 1942.

The most serious of these attacks to effect the village was when the Leyland Motors factory in Leyland came under attack by a single bomber on 27 October 1940.

Interestingly, DAF Trucks and Leyland Trucks were rejoined in 1998 when PACCAR also acquired Leyland Trucks.

* Jim Leyland, Florida Marlins 1998

Also, in 1998 PACCAR acquired UK-based Leyland Trucks for its light and medium truck ( 6 to 44 metric tons ) design and manufacture capability.

Leyland Publications, San Francisco, 1998.

* 1998 Leyland Trucks was acquired by the US truck manufacturer PACCAR.

After the takeover of Leyland Trucks by PACCAR in 1998, independent Foden production ceased, and was replaced by models of DAF Trucks rebadged as Fodens ( DAF Trucks having been acquired by PACCAR in 1996 ).