Detroit – Tigers bench coach Steve Liddle walked past reporters before the game Sunday and jokingly said, “You guys are the only ones talking to me today.”
Well, he was sort of joking. Liddle, who managed the Tigers after Ron Gardenhire was ejected in the sixth inning Saturday night, made some very pointed comments about the club’s performance following the 4-2 loss to the Indians.
Especially galling was allowing Indians Leonys Martin to steal home against right-hander Victor Alcantara in the eighth inning, after the Tigers had cut the deficit to 3-2. Liddle called it “inexcusable,” and a “little league play,” and he said it exposed the overall youth and inexperience of most of the Tigers players.