Detroit — The Tigers knew about it before the rest of us did. Their former teammate Leonys Martin was fighting for his life in a Cleveland hospital, but out of respect for his family, they kept it to themselves.
“It really just puts life in perspective,” James McCann said Monday night after the news was released that Martin was battling a bacterial infection that attacked his internal organs. “It makes the struggles you're having on the field or whatever it may be — it puts it in perspective.
“It just goes to show what kind of impact he did have here by how much it affected the guys in the clubhouse.