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Report: Jim Leyland stepping down as Tigers manager

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland looks at the field from the dugout before the start of his team's play against the Texas Rangers in Game 4 in their MLB American League Championship Series baseball playoffs in Detroit

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland looks at the field from the dugout before the start of his team’s play against the Texas Rangers in Game 4 in their MLB American League Championship Series baseball playoffs in Detroit, Michigan, October 12, 2011. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL)

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This is big. Ken Rosenthal of Fox reports that Tigers manager Jim Leyland is stepping down. Rosenthal says that he told the team after end of ALCS on Saturday. The Tigers have called a news conference for 11:30 AM this morning to, presumably, make the announcement official.

Leyland has been the Tigers manager since 2006. He won two pennants --in 2006 and 2012 -- three AL Central titles and made the playoffs four times. His record as Tigers skipper is 700-597 Overall he has managed 22 seasons and 1769-1728 with the Pirates, Marlins, Rockies and Tigers. Leyland is 68 and Rosenthal reports that he told the Tigers that it’s time for someone younger to take over the team.

With the Tigers opening being added to vacancies in Washington and Cincinnati, there are now three plum jobs for managers ready to enter “win-now” mode.

MORE: Who replaces Leyland in Detroit?