The Detroit Tigers - yes, those Detroit Tigers, the team that won only 43 games last season - sprinted to a 4-0 start before losing Saturday. Actually, they're not the same team, having added veterans like Pudge Rodriguez, Rondell White, Fernando Vina and Ugueth Urbina.

Not all went the Tigers' way - former Red Dmitri Young broke his leg and will be out at least six weeks.

Not-so-hot corner

Don't you just hate that guy behind you at the ballpark who doesn't really understand the concept of "context" and looks at first-week stats and interprets them as though it's the end of June? Well, since the first week of the season is in the books, let's be that fan, just once. Here goes: Ahhhhhh-haaaaaaaaa, Alex Rodriguez, Mr. $25 million-a-year, hitting .188! Oh, look, Jim Thome - .125!!!! Thought he was supposed to be good! Oh, and look at John Smoltz! Some closer! He has a 13.50 ERA!

STAT SHEET
Cincinnati Reds 2004 salaries Ken Griffey Jr. $9,142,608 Sean Casey 6,800,000 Danny Graves 6,000,000 Paul Wilson 3,500,000 Cory Lidle 2,750,000 Jason LaRue 2,600,000 Jimmy Haynes 2,500,000 D'Angelo Jimenez 1,615,000 Juan Castro 1,000,000 Barry Larkin 700,000 John Riedling 650,000 Adam Dunn 445,000 Todd Jones 425,000 Austin Kearns 400,000 Javier Valentin 385,000 Aaron Harang 360,000 Wily Mo Pena 345,000 Jose Acevedo 340,000 Brian Reith 327,250 Ray Olmedo 322,000 Ryan Freel 320,000 dl-Brandon Larson 318,000 Corky Miller 317,000 Phil Norton 303,500 Ryan Wagner 302,500 dl-Josh Hall 300,000 dl-David Mattox Jr. 300,000 Todd Van Poppel 300,000	New York Yankees' 2004 salaries Alex Rodriguez $21,726,881 Derek Jeter 18,600,000 Mike Mussina 16,000,000 Kevin Brown 15,714,286 Jason Giambi 12,428,571 Bernie Williams 12,357,143 Gary Sheffield 12,029,131 Mariano Rivera 10,890,000 Jorge Posada 9,000,000 Javier Vazquez 9,000,000 Jose Contreras 8,500,000 Hideki Matsui 7,000,000 dl-Steve Karsay 6,000,000 Tom Gordon 3,500,000 Paul Quantrill 3,000,000 Kenny Lofton 2,985,551 dl-Jon Lieber 2,700,000 dl-Travis Lee 2,000,000 Gabe White 1,925,000 Felix Heredia 1,800,000 Ruben Sierra 1,000,000 Miguel Cairo 900,000 John Flaherty 775,000 Tony Clark 750,000 Enrique Wilson 700,000 dl-Orlando Hernandez 500,000 Donovan Osborne 450,000 Jorge De Paula 302,550 Bubba Crosby 301,400
Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses and other guaranteed income. For some players, parts of salaries deferred without interest are discounted to reflect present-day values (dl-disabled list).