Today on "Jim Leyland’s Mouth"
I’m really tickled to death that we got him through it, and I’m glad he won the game because he deserves it. The horse that he’s been for us, he deserved to get that win — maybe not on tonight’s performance, but because of what he’s done for us since he’s been here.
"He," in this context, is Justin Verlander, who went five innings, threw 125 pitches in the process, and allowed four walks, a homer, and four earned runs, while striking out only four. But he deserved that win! I mean, sure, he was pretty terrible, but he’s a great guy. And besides, he was good in the past. Before he signed a five-year, $80M contract extension a couple of months ago.
