Curtis Granderson will host an NCAA March Madness pool at ESPN.com this year. The winner of the pool will receive a bat autographed by Curtis. I know I’ll be joining, so enjoy the fight for second place The sign-up link is here.

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I have just received my copy of Tigers Corner 2008, and I’ve begun to peruse it. For Tigers fans or for people who know one, it makes a great read to get ready for the season. Many of your favorite bloggers — myself excluded, though I did assist by editing an article — had a hand in it, including Brian (managing editor and writer) , Bilfer, Lee and Matt and Mike. Gary Gillette of ESPN.com edited and wrote for it, as well. It’s an inexpensive book filled with looks backward and forward, and well designed, too, I might add. Definitely check it out when it hits the newstands tomorrow, or buy it from its publisher, Maple Street Press. You won’t be disappointed.

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Well, Detroit blew a prime chance to make up much-needed ground in the A.L. Central and wild card by showing a seven-run lead. Analysis Monday. Game recaps can be found elsewhere!

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Just a few things I’ve pondered lately.

Should Gary Sheffield go on the disabled list?

YES! All-caps because it’s so emphatic. I do not see what good is served by having an injured Gary Sheffield using on a spot on the 25-man roster. Sheffield first said he wo

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Before I head to work … make that, I forgot to hit “publish, so after I got back” …

Roman Colon traded

Well, all those who called for Roman Colon to be released following his game of King of the Ring in the Toledo dugout would have received nothing for something. Dave Dombrowski, on the other hand, is receiving who-knows-what. Colon was traded to KC for a player-to-be-named-later.

Bunt Singles:

• While I’m waiting for Ian to answer his own questions, Big Al weighed in at The Wayne Fontes Experience. Make sure to check them out. Then bug Ian some.
• Al, by the way, posted his Tigers pitching grades yesterday.
• Rotoworld lists the top prospects. (Hat tip Bilfer)

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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Mike Maroth will start for the Cards Monday against the Mets.

ESPN2 will be televising that game.

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AP photo

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Tigers 6, Royals 3

Not much recap here tonight. Justin Verlander cruised against the Royals. He did get into a bit of trouble, giving up plenty of hits over the course of the game and allowing the Royals to load the bases. But a double play got him out of it.

In Carlos Guillen’s first game back after Jim Leyland gave him a few days to rest his shoulder, the shortstop went 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Curtis Granderson, Magglio Ordonez, and, yes, even Sean Casey(!) had two-hit games. Casey even drove in a run with two-outs, but he wasn’t the only one. All six Tigers runs came with two-outs.

Around the Central

Detroit is the only team in the American League Central to win. The Angels defeated the White Sox; the Orioles beat Cleveland; and Boston beat Minnesota. That puts the Tigers a game out of first in the division, if you’re the type to keep track.

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There are two ways you can help remember Brian Bluhm, the Tigers fan killed in the Virginia Tech massacre.

The first is a scholarship fund set up by his parents. Send a check to — Brian Bluhm Virginia Tech Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund, c/o Marathon Bank, 4095 Valley Pike, Winchester VA 22601

The second is a fund at MotownSports. The thread is available here. If you don’t wish to sign up at the forum, contact Bill Ferris at the Detroit Tigers Weblog for more information for how you can help.

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Michigan State head coach Rick Comley is all smiles after his Spartans defeated Boston College 3-1 in the championship game of the 2007 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four hockey championships in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)

I know, baseball blog and all, but I’m a Sparty grad, so I just have to say GO GREEN! GO WHITE! The underdog Michigan State Spartans came from behind in the third period to beat Boston College for its first hockey national championship in 20 years!

MSU coach Rick Comley was one of the first coaches I ever interviewed, as a cub reporter at the college paper at Northern Michigan University. Soon after, I went to MSU and he followed me. Smart guys, the both of us. It seems to have worked out fine for us.

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