MLB on XM: Andy Van Slyke on Gary Sheffield and Jim Leyland

Ahh, “The Good Soldier” by Henry Ford Madox Ford of Detroit.

“History has a way of repeating itself and Gary Sheffield has a track record of saying things that aren’t true, and in this case, what Gary Sheffield said is just not true. Jim Leyland has done nothing but give Gary Sheffield a lot of respect and a lot of opportunity to perform in this league and on this ball lub and I think a lot of is just Gary Sheffield’s frustration about his individual performance and what he’s meant to this club and he knows that and he’s been disappointing offensively for us and it’s more about his frustration more than anything else.”

...“We just haven’t been very healthy and I think the team that usually wins the pennant is the team that is the healthiest, we lost Jeremy Bonderman, we lost 200 innings from him and lost time from the regular guys, if you have your ballclub intact for the entire year you’re going to be in a pennant race and I think the Detroit Tigers organization realizes the injuries the team has had, Dave Dombrowski understands it and I don’t think the team’s record this year is a reflection on Jim Leyland this year or next year because I think Jim Leyland is going to be coming back and he should be.”