Ex-Tiger pitcher Jason Grilli recently stated one of the reasons the Tigers were struggling so mightily in 2008 was because he felt the team’s chemistry was stale.
“It seems like they kind of broke up our team chemistry when they got rid of Sean Casey and good people like that. You wanted guys like that around. You wanted a guy like Inge playing behind you, knowing he would go through a brick wall.
“Talent-wise on paper, that is one of the greatest teams assembled, but the atmosphere was stale and stagnant. You kept losing, losing and losing, and everybody became distant. I have good friends over there, and I feel badly for them.”
After hearing of these comments, Tiger manager Jim Leyland responded. And thank God for that…
Sadly, they bleep all the good stuff out, but still you can figure the gist of the conversation.
By the way, now that the canyon of suck that is Jacque Jones is gone, can the Tigers PLEASE bring back Clete Thomas (the official cousin of ElGringoLoco) and put him in left. He can’t suck any more than Curtis Granderson has since the first of May.
