April 5, 2008
Jim Leyland is Already Grumpy
Quoth the chain smoker following the sweep at the hands of the Royals:
"We don't look ready," Leyland said. "If somebody would have told me that, I would have told them they're crazy." He moaned about how the Tigers produced "lazy at-bats, lazy fly-ball outs, first-pitch fly-ball outs, weak outs." He added: "That's not us. That's not supposed to be us.""When I cool off a little bit, I'll mention some things on an individual basis to guys. You don't want to make a fool of yourself because you're upset. "I'm not really aiming anything at one player or two players. I'm aiming at me. We just don't look like we're attacking the game like we're supposed to attack the game. And that bothers me. "We're supposed to be aggressive and smart. We've been none of those things so far."
True dat.
Their fourth loss in a row to open the season last night probably has not done much to improve his mood. They miss Curtis Granderson.