Shocking, shocking: Leyland blows cork at media

I think the question was about whether he was mad about Sean Casey's lack of hustle on getting thrown out from left field. It seemed to be obvious to everyone that that was a blunder, not a hustle play, so perhaps that's why he was mad.
Leyland is not a pushover, or a guy who will look the other way or brush it off when he feels he's being mis-treated. He screamed at the reporters after a win because they had asked Verlander if he was hurt when Leyland had told them earlier he was not, he thought they were going behind his back. But he wants to have a good relationship with the writers and will work at it.

 

"Good relationship??" He's had nothing except a full-throttle fellatiofest since the day he arrived. Every time he picks his nose or wipes his ass, there's another flurry of stories about his "savvy baseball wisdom," "seasoned experience," "crafty brilliance," blah blah yadda yadda. The Tigers beat writers take moves which are, quite frankly, stupid, and construct bizarro-world "motivational" rationales after the fact that explain why, even though it might SEEM that batting a guy with a .230 OBP leadoff, or guys who haven't hit home runs in months in the 3 and 4 slots, makes no sense, there is "method to his madness."

 

I wasn't there. I haven't heard any sound bites.

But was this seriously "blowing his cork" or just dismissing a question as not worth answering?

 

It wasn't really blowing his cork. I don't think he raised his voice. Hell, win or lose, you can barely hear Leyland in the post game pressers/soundbites.

 

I wish Leyland was back in Pittsburgh. Not a big fan of Jim "Don't Blame Me" Tracy.

 

Uh....it does seem like the results have been pretty good.

 

I'd hope so, Moddy. Casey's slower than a freaking glacier.

 

I saw Casey play a series earlier this year and he might be the worst player without horrid stats in MLB. He can't move at all at first. He can't run. He doesn't have power.

A truly great guy and a deceptively bad player.

 

It's a complete 180 from the days when Cito Gaston got credit for filling out the lineup card and nothing else from the Toronto media and 90% of the super-geniuses on the radio call-in shows.