Jim Leyland Is The Tiger On This Team!
Veteran manager Jim Leyland criticized his Detroit Tigers team for lackluster play in an unusual press conference, yesterday.
This journeyman leader said his guys played as if they had already packed their bags for the forthcoming road trip and the current game was unimportant.
Moreover, he said, in the best “There’s a new Sheriff in town!” tone that he wouldn’t permit the losing mentality that has gripped Detroit to persist on his watch.
You have to hand it to this skipper. The season still has 150 games to be played, and Leyland is already jawboning like it’s already August or September.
The cliché that “Every game counts” certainly means something very real to this guy.
Apparently, he’s one manager who isn’t afraid to actually kick his multi-millionaires in the rear side every now and then, and you have to admit, it’s refreshing.
Detroit fans should be proud that their manager is this serious, this soon. He’s setting an expectation level, and he expects his players to live up to it.
Yes, you can enjoy your big bucks, he could be implying, but you’re not going to enjoy losing, not while I’m around.
We need more of this type of leadership.
It’s great for the Tigers, for the fans, and for baseball!
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