Comerica Park, 2011

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This was the 1st of our 4 game trip in 2011. After living in Detroit for 2 years, and not once going to Tiger Stadium, making it here is kind of bittersweet. The park was beautiful and the Tigers won 6-5 in a kind of sloppy game. It rained lightly on and off all night, but the temperature was cool and it was nice besides that. We ate at Hockeytown Cafe before the game, which was pretty good, It was like a Hard Rock for Redwings & Tigers. If I was a fan of those teams, I would probably have enjoyed it more, but the food was good and it wasn't too pricey.


The walk up to the park is really cool. The big tiger in the middle and the others stalking on the roof give a great feel to the park. The huge baseball bats and all the small ones used as columns is unique as well. Overall a great entrance to a park, one of the best I have seen.


The view through the outfield here was pretty sweet. There is nothing better than a downtown ballpark with a skyline view. At night there were only a few buildings lit up, and with no moon and being overcast, it was just black out there, but on a clear night it probably looks good as well.


The scoreboard here is pretty basic, but it blends in with the park well. The tigers on the top add what it needs to make it fit this park, both the actual tigers on each side, and the team name. The lights incorporated into it is nicely done as well. Also, I never noticed it before while watching on TV, but the tiger growl that is played over the loudspeaker every time they score. That's pretty cool, unless your a fan of the other team.


The statues here are set up kind of weird, but also very nice. When you are walking around them wanting take pics of them, they are very tight to the railing and facing the field so it was a challenge to get a good pic. But, when you are looking out at the area from another part of the park, the numbers/names are on the outfield wall and the statue right above it looking onto the field. It is really set up pretty nice, I just like getting pics so I am a bit picky. I have all 6 of them in the collage above, you might need to click on the pic to see them up close.
They are clockwise from the left, Al Kaline, Charlie Gehringer, Willie Horton, Hal Newhouser, Hank Greenberg and on the bottom left is Ty Cobb.



The 3 of us at the first game of the trip.


These are the statues from the All-Star games in 08' and 10'. The Yankees started this in NY in 08, and Anahiem did it with team themed Mickeys in 10' and the D-Backs did cactus statues in 11', but I haven't seen one of them in person.