When I asked Jim Leyland if there were positions other than center field that Quintin Berry can play--the kid's made an impression since coming up from Toledo hasn't he?--Leyland asked me where I would put him. In left instead of Andy Dirks? In right instead of Brennan Boesch? Keep him in center instead of Austin Jackson?
I hate when he does that. Leyland has won 1,613 Big League games. I haven't won any. How would I know? I was just asking the question.
Anyway, you can hear that exchange as well as the full comments made by the manager this morning prior to today's series finale against the Indians on the audio player below.
Today's gaggle is of about 18 minutes duration and Leyland in that time covers a wide variety of topics. Of note, catcher Gerald Laird will take BP and will run in the outfield prior to tomorrow night's game in Cincinnati and if he says he is good to go, he will start. Leyland continued to voice optimism about his club, noting that there are a lot of guys on the roster with what he called "pretty good bios" and he expects they will soon begin to do what their track records say they will do.
So, on to today's game against the Indians. Derek Lowe starts for Cleveland. No pitcher in the American League has more wins that Lowe (7). Casey Crosby makes his second Big League start here this afternoon for Detroit. After lasting only three and a third against the Yankees last Friday night, he comes in with an ERA of 16.20. But, you know what they say: the games are played between the white lines, not on paper, specifically in this case the paper upon which are written today's Game Notes.
One other item. The Tigers have created a bit of symmetry here. In winning only 16 of their last 44 (16-28, .364), they have gone from being six games over .500 to being six game under .500. And if you are looking for that third "six" to make it the truly evil 6-6-6, well, six is the number of games that the Tigers are out of first place...
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