DETROIT (CBS Detroit) It's official: Jim Leyland, 68, will no longer be the Tigers' manager. Amid an outpouring of love and support for Leyland on social media, the manager himself made the ...

Detroit Tigers Manager Jim Leyland holds back tears after announcing his retirement during a press conference at Comerica Park in Detroit on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013.

Leyland didn't make any grand proclamations or timelines during his introductory press conference. In fact, he was honest in saying he knew very little about the team he was taking over, or the ...

Leyland announced his departure two days after the Tigers were eliminated from the AL championship series by Boston in six games. "I'm going to be 69 years old," he said at a news conference.

Leyland has a deep respect for Tigers fans. "I was fortunate because I grew up in Perrysburg, Ohio, about 60 miles south of here, so I knew a lot about Detroit Tiger fans all my life," Leyland said.

Leyland, who turns 79 on Dec. 15, plays a starring role in a 1992 video that went viral when it was posted online more than a decade ago. And it's still getting plenty of views.

— Of the 294 text messages Jim Leyland received in the hours after his election to the Hall of Fame, the ones that touched him most were from former minor leaguers. “Guys that never made it.

Former baseball manager Jim Leyland responds to questions during a news conference announcing his election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Credit ...

As fans did their best Leyland impressions, the Detroit Tigers honored the Hall of Fame manager by retiring his No. 10 and painting his name and number on the brick wall beyond right-center field.