Tigers ROAR!!, photo by Jesse Welter The Detroit Tigers open the 2012 season today at 1:05 PM at home at Comerica Park vs. the Boston Red Sox. The game preview begins: Opening Day will dawn Thursday afternoon. And in Detroit, it dawns in a big way. You’ve got reigning AL Most Valuable Player and Cy … Continue reading If baseball is the national pastime, why isn’t Opening Day a national holiday?
The Last Pitch, photo by baklein62 “I’d like to be remembered as someone who showed up for the job. I consider myself a worker. I love what I do. If I had my time over again, I’d probably do it for nothing.” ~Ernie Harwell Like thousands of other people, whenever I see a picture like … Continue reading The Last Pitch: Farewell to Ernie Harwell
Comerica Park, photo by Mario.Q. Tickets for the Detroit Tigers’ 2009 regular season home games at Comerica Park go on sale today (March 7) at 10 AM. Opening Day tickets are available – there’s a four ticket per person limit on Opening Day tickets. To get your tickets, head over to the Detroit Tigers web … Continue reading Play Ball! Detroit Tiger tickets on sale today!
Tiger Stadium #1, found by m7k7k7 Many folks in Michigan have a piece of their heart stored at the Corner of Michigan & Trumbull. Wikipedia’s Tiger Stadium entry says the ballpark located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit hosted the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team from April 20, 1912 when it opened as Navin … Continue reading Tiger Stadium, in pictures
modern day Detroit, photo by paulhitz. Paul says that this photo of Comerica Park and the Detroit skyline was shot Sunday from a helicopter tour around Detroit during the Detroit International River Days Festival (held late June every year). I was going to ask Paul how the heck he managed a helicopter ride, but apparently … Continue reading Modern Day Detroit … from above
time traveling, photo by paulhitz. With a little help from Ye Olde Photoshoppe, Paul takes us: back in a time when things were simple … a few Detroit Classics in this one: The Milner Hotel on the left The Detroit Athletic Club (DAC) a little farther back Comerica Park in the background ~ dating the … Continue reading time traveling in downtown detroit
World Series in Detroit, photo by UrbanTiki. Bobby Alcott’s photo of Comerica Park was taken before Game 1 of the 2006 World Series from the top of the Fox Theatre parking garage. The detail on this photo is incredible. Click above or check it out on black. While Game 1 wasn’t very happy for Tiger … Continue reading World Series in Detroit
House of Tiki, photo by “CAVE CANEM”. I assume that Tiki is UrbanTiki who, like many of us, is a huge Detroit Tigers fan. Be sure to click the photo to see it large and appreciate the awesome shadows from Comerica Park on the walls of Ford Field. (also makes a GREAT background) The Tigers … Continue reading House of Tiki
sunday night baseball, photo by DA2Brian. Here’s a photo of Comerica Park as seen from the top of the Mezzanine, one of many great photos in the Detroit Tigers pool on Flickr. Paul Hitz started the pool just a few weeks ago and there’s already almost 300 photos over everything from opening day to back … Continue reading Sunday Night Baseball & the Detroit Tigers Pool
Michigan in Pictures 