Throughout the year, Fish Stripes will be running retrospectives remembering aspects of the 1997 World Series Champion Florida Marlins, in honor of their 20th anniversary.
It’s only fitting that we kick things off with two of the most important pieces of that team, fearsome slugger Gary Sheffield and the savvy and sage Jim Leyland. Below is a video of a phone interview with Sheffield conducted by Harold Reynolds and Matt Vasgersian of MLB Network, ahead of a Jim Leyland documentary slated to air tonight. Sheffield talks about how Leyland was as a coach and his expectations for Sheffield once the former had arrived in Florida.