Play ball! Summer can mean only one thing: baseball. Here we celebrate and document our 2008 pilgrimage. Come along, won't you? Previous Posts Clarification Three down, three to go I <3 T.O.! We are in Toronto. It's 4:30 a.m. - why are we not asleep? Speed-blogging A different kind of lake effect Also Lest the readers be confused ... Poop, I was confused about the August weekend Archives Places to Visit Major League Baseball The Washington Nationals! Some Chicago Team Shalar Likes Last Year's Trip Blog For Our Leisure Time Just Because Self-Promotion Shalar's Oppressor Kristina's Oppressor Who Likes Dogs? Who Likes Kittens? Funny Stuff Photo collage posted by Shalar @ 10:16 PM   Sunday, June 15, 2008 I had a few photos to share from Detroit — click on the thumbnail to enlarge: 1) the Ambassador Bridge that took us from Canada back to the U.S. 2) Magglio Ordonez at bat 3) OMG, they have FOUNTAINS in Comerica Park! They shoot water into the air when good Tiger stuff happens! (A few of you will understand why this bothers me). 4 & 5) A couple of the cool tiger sculptures they have there. Did we publish a photo of the scoreboard yesterday? The eyes of the tiger sculptures on those light up and there's a growling sound when Tigers hit home runs or win. The balls in the mouths of the tiger heads like the one shown also light up at night. We did like Comerica quite a bit, it was just a nice experience all around. We found parking around the corner basically from the stadium, on the street, and only had to feed the meter. When we parked we didn't even realize how close we were to the park because we couldn't see it at all but Jason had told us we were there. Then we heard a huge roar and realized it was the crowd at the game because the Tigers had been down 4-1 but scored six runs on seven hits in the fourth (including two 2-rbi home runs one of which resulted in the crowd noise) and right before we took our seats, a triple. As we predicted, we missed most of the good stuff though they went on to win 12-7 against the Dodgers. It was cool because the pitcher, Eddie Bonine, had just been called up from Toledo and so got a win in his major-league debut. Comerica is one of those cool right-downtown sorts of parks that makes parking (usually) a pain in the ass. It's right next to Ford Field - when Kris asked Jamie what happens there he replied, "That's where visiting NFL teams come to pummel the practice squad we provide for them." (That little anecdote is for you, our Lions-loving friend from Baltimore). It's very family-friendly, and has a carousel and a ferris wheel. 0 Comments: Post a Comment << Home

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