Chris Ilitch On A Few Topics

from Carlos Monarrez of the Detroit Free Press,

Detroit Tigers president and CEO Christopher Ilitch visited the team Friday at its spring training facility and sat down for a 27-minute interview with reporters. Ilitch covered a wide array of topics. Here are some of the highlights from that interview:

How does criticism of your teams and various businesses affect you?

“I like to say I try to stay aware of everything that’s out there. But at the end of the day, I’m exceptionally focused on the task at hand. I think that’s another big part of success in what we’re doing by whatever commentary may be out there. I try to stay very focused on what we need to do. And I know what we're doing is the…