OAKLAND -- Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he believes everyone is a bit superstitious, even if they refuse to admit it.

But Leyland is more than willing to admit it.

He smoked a cigar at some point during the team's current winning streak and decided to smoke one every day until they lost. He had one in the ashtray in the visiting manager's office at the Oakland Coliseum.

He also started wearing the same baseball socks every day at some point during the streak, along with another item of clothing.

“I will wear these underwear until we lose,” Leyland said. “I can tell you that right now. And they will not be washed. And I don't give a (expletive) who knows it.”

Leyland said his baseball socks have holes in them from being worn repeatedly. But he issued a warning to Tigers clubhouse manager Jim Schmakel.

“I told Schmakel if somebody threw them out, that would be the end,” Leyland said.

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