A Little Bloggin from Curtis

Any time fans can get a close look at an athlete's view of various things from the athletes themselves, it's an exciting feature. One of the ways to do that now is checking out all of the sport figures that are creating blogs. There are a few of them around today like Curt Schilling's very popular "38 Pitches" Blog. Twins reliever Pat Neshek has one and the NBA have a handful on its website, including Gilbert Arenas, excuse me, Agent Zero. I would actually probably read Gilbert's blog if I cared about the NBA whatsoever. But one of my favorites that started during spring training is Curtis Granderson's blog on ESPN. Check it out and bookmark it if you've never seen his page before.

Curtis' blog is very informative, entertaining and shows that he's a down-to-earth guy that is hard not to root for. Plus, unlike The Wheelhouse, his blog is updated frequently and talks mostly about the Tigers season and different opinions on topics around the baseball world. It's different to actually here a player's opinion on things instead of the lame quotes you read in game stories.

There's always people wondering if the players are the ones actually writing the blog, but I've got no reason to believe it's not Curtis blogging away. He's one of the few players in all of Major League Baseball to have earned a college degree, and I've heard from a pretty reliable source that he is the one producing the content.

Not only are blogs great from the fans perspective, but they're beneficial to the athlete too because they are receiving free PR for themselves while interacting with the everyday fan at the same time. I'm interested to see what other athletes will join their peers in the blog world in the future.