#managing

Jim Leyland, 1987 Topps

CHECK OUT MANAGER JIM LEYLAND.

DIRECTING TRAFFIC LIKE A PIMP.

"MOVE BACK OUTFIELDERS!"

"PUT THE SHIFT ON, PEOPLE!"

/TOUCHES CHIN/PULLS EAR LOBE/GRABS CROTCH/

/THIRD BASE COACH DOES SOMERSAULT/

"HEH."

"DON'T BOTHER ME, TRYING TO MANAGE OVER HERE."

JIM LEYLAND WAS A YOUNG BUCK BACK IN 1987.

"HOW ARE WE GONNA RESPECT A MANAGER AS YOUNG AS WE ARE?" - 1987 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

J/K HE WAS STILL MAD OLD.

JUST YOUNGER THAN THIS.

LOTTA MANAGERS LIKE TO MANAGE SITTING DOWN.

IT'S A LONG GAME.

JIM LEYLAND BE LIKE, NOPE, GONNA STAND.

BUT MAYBE IMMA LEAN ON SOMETHING.

"HEY UMP, YOU'RE A FAT JERK!"

/PICKS UP BULLPEN PHONE/ "GET ME WHATSHISFACE! THE LEFTY GUY!"

"DISTEFANO! FETCH ME MY CIGS, WILL YA'?"

"Y'ALL SLACKERS BE STRESSING ME OUT ..." /TAKES DRAG/

"AHHHH ... "

"KIPPER! THAT HAT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE AN A**HOLE. LET ME SEE IT ... "

/ASHES IN BOB KIPPER'S HAT/

"GO BACK TO UMP SCHOOL YA' FAT JERK!"

/CHECKS WATCH/

"TIME FOR SOME ACTION."

/PUTS ON HIT AND RUN/

/STRIKE 'EM OUT, THROW 'EM OUT/

"JIMINY CHRISTMAS!"

/SITS DOWN/

/TAKES DRAG/

Andrew Miller Is A Gigantic Person

Not the best photo for Andrew's self-confidence. For one thing, he probably should've been photographed in a portrait. As it is, this photo makes him look like could probably be the starting pitcher for the Jurassic Park team, and that he could reach down and eat the tops of the trees in the background--if he doesn't get electrocuted by the fence first.

The back is much better. I can just see a forlorn Jim Leyland, standing at a payphone in the rain, talking to Miller's answering machine.