Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch spoke to the public about an hour before Wednesday night's game against the Guardians.
He said he felt for former GM Avila — who had been fired earlier in the afternoon — the man who gave him a chance to manage when he "was on the outside of baseball looking in" and can relate because he too has been on that side of being fired.
Still, he insisted the cloud over the team wouldn't have any effect on his team's play or his job — which is to find a way to win no matter what.