[Lefty Noob]

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland, whose team is 10-8 and second in the AL Central, launched into a tirade in an attempt to motivate his team. Again. Just like he did last season. It worked then, and it appears to be working now, as the Tigers went out today and beat the White Sox, 6-5, in 12 innings. Clearly Leyland was ripping into the defending AL Champs trying to get them motivated. Will it be as effective this year as it was in 2006?

[legend]

Now that Sheffield is on board, he will have a harder time getting his old school message to this group.

[MJHMarc]

Gary Sheffield, as much as I like his batting stance, purely loves to be a pain in the ...

[ThePundit]

And Sheffield is hitting .167 with 1 homer. Who is he goanna blame this time?

[Lefty Noob]

Detroit was 10-8 when Leyland went off. They're 12-9 now. So far, no noticable effect, it would seem.