Gary and Keith mentioned this story on air the other day and I couldn’t help but think how out-of-character it seemed for Jim Leyland — a guy who has always struck me as the most grizzled old baseball-manager type — to have a beautiful singing voice. I would have figured he just yelled “oh, horses***!” whenever anyone asks him to sing, because that seems like something grizzled old baseball men say a lot.
Anyway, it gets better. Turns out the article includes Jim Leyland’s Top 10 favorite songs. Most of them are doo-wop songs from the late 50s and early 60s, which I guess is predictable once you know Jim Leyland is a singer, because what the hell else would Jim Leyland sing?
But there are a couple of gems in there. For one, Mariah Carey’s “Hero” is ninth on the list. And fifth is this epically cheesy Survivor song I had somehow never heard before. Just imagine Jim Leyland singing along:
Tedquarters 
You’ve never heard the search is over by survivor?
I never heard it or heard of it
I wouldnt expect everyone to have heard it, but I expected that Ted probably would have.
Until today, I don’t know that I ever heard a Survivor song other than Eye of the Tiger. That genre/era is not my area of expertise.
And Ted, don’t know if it has been mentioned, but the “reply” and “submit comment” buttons are really hard to see. Instead of white, the lettering should be blue or black. Other than that though, I like the new look, even if it’s a bit MetsBloggy
Agreed — the comments section especially is a work in progress.
My mistake Ted, for some reason I had you pegged as the type of guy with good knowledge of cheesy 80s music.
Mariah Carey is really pretty, and very kind. I have like 4 printouts about her and Nick.
Mariah Carey is an all star season idol. She is very lovely and attractive woman. I really want to meether in person someday
It will good if Mariah Carey will be on the panel of judges for the tv show American Idol. She is a great singer and she would be a very good judge to the show. She has been my idol for many years