The kid from Perrysburg, OH, was a scrapper, but when it came to hitting catcher Jim Leyland just couldn’t keep up. He spent parts of seven seasons in the Minor Leagues in the Detroit Tigers’ system, advancing as high a AA, but finished with a .222 batting average over 446 games. He had but 36 extra base hits and only 102 RBIs over those seven seasons.

What he could do, it turns out, was manage a little bit.

Beginning as a 26-year-old with Detroit’s Rookie League Bristol team, Leyland spent the next 11 seasons the Tigers system before Tony LaRussa brought him to Chicago to help with his White Sox. Leyland then found his way to Pittsburgh (1986-96), Florida (1997-98), Colorado (1999) and Detroit (2006-13. All together, he managed 4,897 games over 33 seasons, including 3,499 in the Major Leagues (22 seasons).

He was manager of the year three times (1990, 1992, and 2006), won three Pennants (1997, 2006, and 2012), and the World Series in 1997 with the Marlins.

Now, after a lifetime in baseball, Leyland will have a plaque haning in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY, after being voted in by the Contemporary Baseball Era Non-Players Committee. His induction, along with the other three members of the Class of 2024 (Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer) is July 21.

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Before they became a couple, Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi were pretty decent tennis players. Between them, they won Wimbleon nine times. OK, Graf won eight and Agassi one, but they’re both career Golden Slam winners (all four tennis Grand Slam events and an Olympic Gold Medal). Graf actually won all five in 1988 making her the only tennis player to have accomplished that feat.

The duo combined to win 30 Grand Slam singles championships (Graf 22 and Agassi 8) and began dating shortly after Graf won her final, the 1999 French Open. They wed October 22, 2001, with only their mothers attending as witnesses. Together have two two adult children.

The photo from which this week’s Fan Teaser was created occurred when the pair were playing an exhibition mixed doubles match on May 17, 2009, as a way to christen the renovations to Wimbledon’s Centre Court which then debuted its retractable roof.

Just to review, The Fan Teaser comes courtesy of longtime buddy, Pat Schutte. The cropped photo below and the accompanying clue give you an idea as to who or what the image is of. We invite you to use the Comment option to take a crack at solving the Teaser and, if you’re so inclined, participate in some good-spirited banter with your fellow sports fans. The Fan Teaser will appear each Friday morning with the reveal coming to you Sunday.