Morning Prowl: Perfectionism, Photography, Paczkis, and Performance Enhancing

by Ian Casselberry on Feb 24, 2009 8:00 AM EST in Detroit Tigers News

In this week's mailbag, Jason Beck talks about Rick Porcello's pitching repertoire and whether or not Curtis Granderson's perfectionism prevents him from trying to steal more bases.

At Roar of the Tigers, Samara gives us a photography tutorial, in response to the Tigers' portraits taken for Getty Images. (One of this life's great pleasures is when she makes fun of MLB roster photos. Our anticipation is eager.)

How many Paczki have you eaten today? After devouring a massive combo of dough and blueberry jelly, I'm happy to read about Joel Zumaya putting on some weight.

According to the Tigers' official blog, season tickets are being mailed out this week. When you get yours, take a picture and post it in the FanShots!

Have you ever read Buster Olney's story about his run-in with Deion Sanders back in their respective minor league days? It's ESPN Insider content, but if you don't have an account, ShysterBall has an excerpt.

How far are we from the day when a baseball player apologizes for his caffeine intake?

(Full disclosure: I'm into my second cup of coffee as I write this. And I'm sorry. I was young and stupid when I first started drinking coffee. Things were loosey-goosey. And I was nervous about living up to the responsibility of blogging for SB Nation.)

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Paczki

Wouldn’t buy one in the regular grocery but if I was in Detroit, I’d try to find an authentic paczki made by a Polish bakery. Are thre any left?

by densogirl on Feb 24, 2009 8:14 AM EST reply actions

Loosey/Goosey

We can forgive you for youthful indiscretion. I heard that things in Iowa City were different back then.

Visit The Daily Fungo.

by MikeMcClary on Feb 24, 2009 9:59 AM EST reply actions

That caffeine is an anaerobic ergogen...

…is no surprise, really. In the aerobic world, this evidence has been there for years. In fact, the WADA (World Anti-Doping Administration) used to ban caffeine above a certain dose. They probably would have banned it altogether, but they recognized how prevalent it was in…everyone…and allowed a certain level. The funny thing was, that level was something absurd, like the equivalent of drinking 15 cups of coffee in an hour. So much that (as I recall) the original studies didn’t even test that type of dose. Finally, they got rid of the ban entirely, because they were afraid that by setting an upper level, they were tempting people to flirt with it; implying, essentially, that you should try to drink 12 cups instead of 15, or something.

I don't want to hear any weak sh*t from Jason Grilli.

by cherub_daemon on Feb 24, 2009 11:37 AM EST up reply actions

Paczki

I’m planning on having one and a half and that is all I’ll eat.

For the day.

by ReichardZ on Feb 24, 2009 10:25 AM EST reply actions

Horray for Paczki!

The awesome treats finally have made it to the west side of the state. I’ve lived on the west side for 8 years and this is the first time I’ve seen them in stores, labled as paczki, and the local news actually did a report from a local bakery.

Took a six pack to work today.

by MSU4LIF on Feb 24, 2009 5:24 PM EST reply actions