Interleague play is upon the Tigers and the rest of Major League Baseball. However there is one Tiger who isn’t happy about the idea of having to play in National League parks and that Tiger is manager Jim Leyland.
According to Tom Gage of the Detroit News, Leyland says that the whole concept of interleague play has worn off on him and has run its course.
Leyland finds it unfair to American League teams to have to travel to National League parks and play back-to-back series’ like the Tigers will have to do next month when they head out west to Colorado then over to Los Angeles to play the Dodgers.
Leyland said it’s “ridiculous” and “totally unfair” for an American League club to have to play consecutive series in National League ballparks.
“And that you can quote me on,” he said. “They ought to look into it.”
“I’m on the (Commissioner’s) committee, and I’ll probably get a phone call,” said Leyland, “but I don’t really care. That’s totally ridiculous.”