Leyland wants the Pirates to win almost as passionately as he wants his current club, Detroit, to win. It pained him to hear Pittsburgh outfielder Jason Bay say during the winter, "I don't think anyone in this room is going to tell you we're a championship-quality team."
Losing breeds that type of defeatist attitude.
It's unfair that you can be called "defeatist" simply for not being delusional.