Grandy Does 'Rome is Burning'

by Ian Casselberry on Mar 19, 2009 3:00 PM EDT in Detroit Tigers News

If you missed it yesterday, Curtis Granderson was a guest correspondent on ESPN's Rome is Burning yesterday, reporting for Team USA from Miami. Unfortunately, a clip isn't available at ESPN.com, so we have to settle for some YouTube. Apologies for the sound and video quality. (Most definitely not "classic" or "epic," to use some of that Romey vernacular.)

Curtis and Derek Jeter are a little too buddy-buddy for my liking there (although Jeter made that groaner "I'll pay you later" joke). But maybe Grandy's been trying to get Minka Kelly's phone number from him. In that case, you do what's necessary.

And if there's a bright side, maybe Davey Johnson was watching, remembered Granderson was on the Team USA roster, and gave him the start in centerfield last night. He responded with a 2-for-3, two-RBI night.

Thanks to our friends at It's Just Sports for forwarding along the video. (They're not responsible for the actual recording, just so you know.)

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First off, Derek Jeter is the man. If C-Grands was all buddy buddy with A-Rod or Bonds, than I’d have a problem.

But Curtis is such a cool dude; he has PR down to a science.

by BigDaddyJC on Mar 19, 2009 3:29 PM EDT reply actions

hmm

ESPN must have found out someone put their content on YouTube – it’s no longer available.

by Oost on Mar 19, 2009 6:25 PM EDT reply actions

Right on spot for....

A) for mentioning Minka Kelly. I love her!

B) for also noticing that Granderson was too buddy buddy with Jeter.

I still think Granderson is the man. Not that he needed to boost his brownie points with me, but he also joined the facebook group for my blog, and he might do that for every group invite he gets, but he still joined it. Which makes him even more the man to me haha.

by Detroit4lyfe on Mar 19, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions