Granderson Gives the Yankees an All-Star Without Pretension
New York Times Action Sports • Feb 16, 2010TAMPA, Fla. The day he signed his $30.25 million contract extension with Detroit, the new Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson celebrated with a double cheeseburger from the dollar menu at McDonalds. Because of its cheap nonstop flights, his favorite airline is Southwest. When a Michigan auto dealership told him two years ago that it would ship down a sporty Corvette for him to use during spring training, he said thanks, but a Malibu would be just fine. That sounds just like the Curtis I know, said Mike Dee, Grandersons coach at the University of Illinois at Chicago.… Full Story »
