Fastball Flakes

Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander may not want to be called a flake, but he's done nothing to distance himself from that label -- at least not in this case.

Crain's Detroit Business reports that more than 110,000 boxes of “Fastball Flakes,” featuring an image of the Tiger ace, have been sold since February. The limited edition is a frosted corn flake.

Sorry Brandon Inge, it was ok to leave Detroit, you were never getting you're own frosted flakes box -- at least not as a Tiger. Really. -- A.L.

Read more: Crain's Detroit Business