Morning Prowl: Lesser-known Tigers songs, the importance of fastballs and a Satterwhite update

Somedays, you pound the ground. Others, the ground pounds you.

• 162-0 starts with 1.
• If you only click one link today, make it this one
  A record store owner in Plymouth collected some old Tigers tunes and uploaded them. They may not be as good as our theme song at Bless You Boys, but it's definitely fun stuff to check out. So go do it. I'll wait. Artie Fields' Go Get 'Em Tigers is particularly cool -- set to a familiar tune.
  

• Fastballs are Pretty Important
  Matt Klaasen looks a bit into the fastball of Justin Verlander, as well as some other aces.

• Apropos of nothing, the Tigers' payroll ranks sixth in baseball
  That I suppose is an improvement. I didn't realize the Red Sox and Cubs had payrolls over $147 million this year, either.

• What I Think About the 2010 Season — The Detroit Tiger Weblog

• Cody Satterwhite's shoulder may not be as bad as first feared.
  MLB.com's Jason Beck wrote that Satterwhite had a Cortisone shot during his visit with Dr. James Andrews and will begin a rehab program for his shoulder. That's a big relief for a guy facing a career-destroying injury.

• Lynn Henning was impressed by the new faces
  And really, he sounded pretty impressed by the Tigers as a whole. "The point is that the Tigers didn't waste an opportunity. They played good baseball, at least by Opening Day standards. They took professional at-bats against the Royals relievers. They made some plays on defense. They kept their heads. Veterans led. Kids followed suit."

• Wait, what? The Tigers are 11th in some power rankings
  and this time, there's actually National League teams involved. Craig Calcaterra wrote his list at HardBallTalk

• Want to make more predictions?
  You have until Friday to tell Tony Paul and the Detroit News whether you want to take the over or the under on some lines he set, ranging from Carlos Guillen's games in the outfield to how many starts Zach Miner makes.

• SeaWolves Position Player Breakdown
  Nick Underhill makes his SeaWolves.com debut. By the way, he'd like you to submit questions to him at that site for a grab bag. So minors fans, get to work.

• And some stats? Joel Zumaya threw 10 strikes in 12 pitches on opening day. He forced three groundouts. Justin Verlander had 64 strikes in 93 pitches.
  
• Gerald Laird was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts and two stolen bases allowed. Quicker he forgets about tha game the better!
• Austin Jackson went to a full count three times in five appearances,  though he didn't get on base any of them. It'll start to pay off if he keeps working counts. One time he didn't go to a full count is when he doubled on a 2-1 pitch for an RBI.

And finally, because I forgot to include it (oops) earlier, I spoke with the Royals Blog over the weekend, go see what I had to say.