ARLINGTON, Texas -- As reporters were clearing out of Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire's office on Monday afternoon, there was just one point left to clarify: Uh, all that stuff about Jose Iglesias was on the record, right?
Gardenhire was perplexed. Of course it was. Why in the world would he be saying it if he didn't want it to get back to Iglesias? If it riles up the Tigers starting shortstop, all the better.
So aside from some unprintable language that didn't make the cut, what you read yesterday was Gardenhire's unvarnished, unedited message to Jose Iglesias.