The Red Sox beat the Tigers 7-4 on Monday night thanks in large part to a three-run second inning that was made possible by a missed call. With two out and two strikes, Boston shortstop Mike Aviles tipped a ball that Detroit catcher Gerald Laird caught for strike three. It should have ended the inning, but the homeplate umpire ruled that the ball hit the ground and Aviles was given another chance. He singled and the Red Sox went on to score three runs. After the game, Jim Leyland decided to take out his frustrations on the reporters rather than the umpires.

“There should not have been a second inning rally,” Leyland said after the game according to FoxSportDetroit.com. “There were three outs. I’ve been in the game a long time, when the catcher catches the ball and it’s strike three you call the guy out. It’s that simple, isn’t it?

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Jim Leyland had a routine pre-game press conference Thursday leading up to Game 5 between the Tigers and Yankees. He was asked by a reporter if he arrived at the ballpark early for the game. Apparently that was a reference to a previous occasion when Leyland showed up for a playoff Game 7 extremely early in the morning. Leyland’s explanation was pretty funny, but it likely won’t earn him any bonus points with the in-laws.

“My wife is one of 11, and all her brothers and sisters were there that morning. And they were partying and having a good time. And this was 7:00 in the morning. So, I went to the ballpark at 8:00 in the morning for an 8:30pm game because I couldn’t take it,” he said. “To be honest with you, it was brutal.”

I’m not sure what year that was, considering the Tigers haven’t played in a Game 7 under Leyland. Maybe it was Game 7 of the 1997 World Series between the Marlins and Indians. Who knows? Let’s just hope all is well in the Leyland household after that story. If you know anything about Leyland, you know he’s not someone you want to irritate.