Jim Leyland Wants Another Day Off

For a sports fan, baseball's All-Star break is generally the three dullest days of the year. Sure, there's the actual game and the home run derby that goes with it, but other than that, not much goes on in sports for three days. Well, unless you consider summer league basketball a must see event. For the players that don't make the team though, the days off are a blessing they can use to get some rest and try to remember their wife's name.

Of course, not everybody is happy with the time off, or at least not the amount they get anyway, as Jim Leyland isn't quite sure why the Tigers have only gotten three days off the last three years while every other team has had at least a four-day break. Hell, eight teams have had four days off each of the last three years, and The Black Lung doesn't appreciate it.

"That doesn't make any sense to me," Leyland said. "We should all be playing Thursday (two days after the All-Star Game) or nobody should be playing Thursday and you can quote me in big, bold print (your wish is my command!).

"I want everyone to write it and put it all over the airwaves. It's a joke. Silly is what it is. Not responsible. You get to the All-Star break and eight teams get four days every year and one team gets three days?"

Personally, I don't really see the big deal here, but Jimmy does have a point that the Tigers should at least get four days off once in a while like everybody else. Of course if MLB doesn't cooperate, I strongly encourage Mr. Leyland to give his team the day off every time they play my White Sox in the second half.