And for the grand finale… A Tigers game at the new(for me) CoMerica Park. I had been to the old Tigers stadium, maybe 12-15 yrs ago. Comerica is another HOK designed stadium with the green seats, lots of brick and open concourse behind the first level of seats. The Tigers were playing the Twins, who were challenging them for first place, so the game was a sellout, so we had to get standing room only seats. As luck would have it, that meant that we got to stand behind the first bowl of box seats, first base side, and in the shade. As annoying as it was to have to stand it was a good view. Another open outfield, showcasing the Detroit Skyline. Not too great right now and not in the day, but it would be nice to be lit up at night, and maybe if some of the buildings were occupied. Another nice scoreboard, plenty of info, and secondary scoreboards were also available. The one thing I did not like was the lack of the out of town scoreboard that would show all the scores at once. They only had one that would show 4 scores at a time. Another nice touch was the batters eye had some nice hedges and ivy-type backdrop, flanked on both sides by brick walls, where the retired numbers and famous names on them.
The game was good, the Tigers hit 4 homeruns, and Bonderman pitched a decent game, and the Tigers won 7-4. There were some defensive gems here too. A good experience in general, and it was great to have a sellout. 41461, a lot better than 61 fans we had last night.
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