Opening Day at Comerica Park for the Detroit Tigers
March 31, 2008
Comerica Park, photo by Dave Hogg.
In honor of the Detroit Tigers 2008 home opener, here’s a photo from Opening Day 2005 at Comerica Park. On that day the Tigers pounded the Kansas City Royals 11-2. Here’s hoping for repeat and a 2008 season that ends happily with some shiny new rings in October.
Play ball!!
University Arena, photo by Western Michigan University
University Arena is located in Read Fieldhouse at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. It is home to the WMU Broncos men’s basketball, women’s basketball, volleybal, and gymnastics teams and seats 5,421. The building opened in 1957 and was named in honor of legendary coach Herbert “Buck” Read who coached the Broncos to a 345-169 record.
Wikipedia’s entry on Western Michigan Broncos Men’s Basketball says that the Broncos have appeared in three NCAA Tournaments (1976, 1998 & 2004). Alumni who have reached the NBA include Don Boven, Dillard Crocker, Paul Griffin, Ben Handlogten, Reggie Lacefield and Walker Russell.
WMU has a small photo gallery of University Arena and links to some photographers with WMU sports photos for sale.
More Michpics Michigan March Madness!
UP in Late Winter
March 28, 2008
This photo of a barn near Paulding is part of Terry’s great Easter UP Trip ‘08 set of photos (slideshow).
Terry took the trip to see some places he hadn’t seen in winter like Bond Falls, Houghton, Eagle Harbor, Marquette and Grand Island.
Do the slideshow if you have the time!
Propeller and some Henry Ford HDR
March 27, 2008
Propeller, photo by country_boy_shane.
Shane says …if you view this large, you can see many signatures on the right-most blade. Talk about neat stuff you can find with your camera! Here it is large and on black.
He has a set of photos from his trip to the Henry Ford Museum and he went with several other photographers, most of whom were shooting HDR. See their collected work in this very cool slideshow.
Here’s the web site for The Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village.
Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum
March 26, 2008
Ask “The Brain ” – Marvin’s Mechanical Museum, photo by DetroitDerek.
Derek writes:
“The Brain” is one of the animated mechanical fortune tellers at Marvin’s Mechanical Museum. Marvin has been collecting video games, games of skill, and items such as these ( some date back to 1900, and others were custom built specifically for Marvin) since 1960. Marvin’s opened in 1990, and is listed as one of the 100 most unique museums in the world. Admission is free.
Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum is located in Farmington Hills and it operated by Marvin Yagoda. It’s designed to be fun for the entire family and the web site is a treat!
Speaking of the weird and wacky, when we don’t forget, the last Wednesday of every month is a “Weird Wednesday” on Absolute Michigan with help from Weird Michigan. We didn’t forget today, and there’s some great stuff on Michigan UFO Sightings today!
Invisible Harvest
March 25, 2008
Spinners 1, photo by n8xd.
Keith (n8xd) took this photo at Harvest, Michigan’s first commercial wind farm. The farm is owned by John Deere Wind Energy and located near Elkton in the Thumb.
Read more (and see another photo from Keith) in Harvest, Michigan’s first commercial wind farm starts spinning on Absolute Michigan. You can also check out keithdelong.com andbe sure to click through to the photo to see it bigger!
green … wherefor art thou?
March 24, 2008
green, photo by Rhonda_Marie
Since spring is apparently canceled, Rhonda’s photo of the People Mover Station in Detroit is the best I could do in bringing the green.
Well … there is this.
PS: If you like this photo, you can purchase a copy right here!
Gophers at Crisler Arena, photo by B Cohen
Crisler Arena at the University of Michigan hosts men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s gymnastics and women’s gymnastics. It opened in 1967, was named for Fritz Crisler, legendary UM football coach and athletic director and designed by Dan Dworsky. Wikipedia’s page on Crisler Arena says that is is often called “The House that Cazzie Built,” a reference to superstar Cazzie Russell. Russell led UM to Big Ten titles ‘64-66 and his popularity caused the team’s fanbase to outgrow Yost Fieldhouse. The arena seats almost 14,000 and you can read more about it at the Crisler Arena page at MGOBLUE.com.
Wikipedia’s entry for the University of Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball says:
The Wolverines have won 12 Big Ten regular-season conference titles, as well as the inaugural Big Ten Tournament in 1998, which it later forfeited due to NCAA violations. The team has appeared in the NCAA Final Four on six occasions (1964, 1965, 1976, 1989, 1992* and 1993*) and won the national championship in 1989 under Steve Fisher. The program later forfeited its 1992 and 1993 Final Four appearances due to NCAA violations. Other notable players who played for Michigan include Daniel Horton, Bernard Robinson, Gary Grant, Terry Mills, Glen Rice, Jalen Rose, Rumeal Robinson, Jamal Crawford, Juwan Howard, Chris Webber, Cazzie Russell, and Mark Hughes. (I’ll add Robert Traylor, Rudy Tomjanovich and Phil Hubbard to that list)
More items of interest for you include a biggee-sized view from up high, this photoset titled Paging the Fab Five and a couple of photos of Crisler Arena from the Bentley Historical Library.
Ice Jam 2008 on Lake St. Clair
March 21, 2008
3-16-08 BH 14, photo by heypat.
This photo is part of Patrick’s 2008 ICE Flows Lake St Clair set.
Check out more ice jam action on Lake St. Clair from Michigan in Pictures. It’s an annual sign of spring, and in one of the posts, Spike explained this phenomenon:
The ice starts as a sheet on the lake’s surface, forming with days of sub-freezing temperatures. Strong winds crack the ice and break it into large floating pieces. Then the winds push the ice until it hits something to stop it… in this case, the Michigan shoreline.
Start of Spring
March 20, 2008
Start of spring in East Lansing, Michigan, photo by eric.whalen81.
I know I should dig up some kind of fact about spring, but I think it’s enough for now to say that no matter how much snow may still be on the ground outside, spring is here!
