Detroit Tigers

Even though were in last place I watched Justin Verlander throw a shutout. Flippin incredible! Comerica Park itself is an expierance. Every new baseball stadium has a theme. Detroit’s is a carnival. It’s completed with a Ferris Wheel And carasouel. Plus evey seat is a perfect view. This is my home team now and forever…

It’s the TIGERS and I am a Detroiter isn’t that enough said??? Great place to watch a great team on great summer nights while sipping a cold one with a good slice of pizza and hanging a few friends.

Had a long wait for food. Missed sitting in my seats to watch the first few innings because of it. Did not offer any kind of discount for our LONG wait.

Go Tigers’. American pastime for all ages! Everyone should step into watch the Tigers live!!!

Great place to see a ball game! Appreciate being able to get craft beer.

There was a nice article today (July 20 2014) in the Detroit News about the Tigers, focused on Tiger Stadium (the old stadium) versus Comerica Park (the new stadium). I don’t think the link could be posted here but anyway I disagree with the article strongly enough to post on it here.
There is nothing that I love more about the Tigers than their history. I grew up attending baseball games because whenever it was my birthday or a special day that was what I wanted to do (go to a game). I have a lot of memories of not just the modern day Tigers but the old time Tigers too.
i know that we are in an era of sabermetrics and analytics and new training regimes and new coaching strategies. I love that because it is fun and makes me interested in the game in new aspects. Every sport needs to evolve and find new ways to grow.
However, baseball is also about tradition and history, moreso than most American sports. We shouldn’t forget Tiger Stadium because we now have Comerica Park, just like we shouldn’t forget Ty Cobb or Al Kaline (iconic players of the team from the past) just because we have Miguel Cabrera (the iconic player of the team today).
The way that the Tiger Stadium withered away in downtown Detroit was pretty pathetic. It was a symbol of the corruption that was in the air in Detroit at that time and many parties were to blame. I personally wish that there was some kind of museum that could have been made without all the back and forth bickering that occurred before the stadium was eventually demolished. It was hard to see the bulldozers go through (I sadly watched some of it in person) but you can’t have an empty stadium too.
There is still passion about that stadium though so I hope that the site, even if it’s just a field now, is still considered a treasured area in Detroit. By treasured, I mean not just treasured as a place where new housing can be built or we can bring in a new shopping center with a few «dollar stores «. Great cities across the world preserve sites of importance. On the path to making Detroit a great city again, let’s find someway to preserve one of our sites of importance and share our history rather than forget it and move on.

Detroit exploration (cont). Received a free ticket from a company giveaway, so the Monday night game with the Oakland A’s would be my first introduction to Tigers baseball. Little did I realize how good it was going to be! They had a ceremony before the game for the 30^th anniversary of the World Series winning team. Through a slow start before a 4^th inning rally, then the A’s taking a 3 run lead, and finally the outstanding bottom of the 9^th grand slam! I felt sorry for all the people who left early and didn’t get to see that! A friend of mine later said that the Tigers lead the division in last minute (8^th or 9^th inning) rallies. Definitely repeat and recommend! Can’t wait for my next Tigers game!

This is a pretty clean stadium and fairly easy to navigate… except for the 300 level. I’ve been to this stadium a little over a handful of times and had fun whether it was raining at the stadium, which is had once and when it’s sunny with a slight breeze.
The food at the stadium is of course, expensive, but that’s okay because my hubs and I usually stop at Bucharest before a game. But that doesn’t deter us from getting snacks and drinks during a game.
The souvenir shop is awesome cause it offers a ton of Tigers clothes, but just like the food, it’s overpriced. I was very close to buying a $ 50 Tigers shirt and told my hubs that I would check amazon first and sure enough, I found a few shirts I liked at a much cheaper price!
I love that they have kids day on Sundays and free giveaways. This is definitely a must if you’ve never been to a game!

Game was awesome 10 innings my nephew n niece n brother flew in from Cali loved it. They won again

The most consistent team in Detroit sports history. The Tigers are a reliable source of sports passion and entertainment. They have had their lulls as teams do but nothing like the: ahem: always and forever shitty Lions teams, the currently sucky Pistons or even the 60 yr drought that the Red Wings had us suffer through.
I grew up with the Tigers. My best friend growing up had a dad who worked for them so we had freebie game tickets galore (yes even during the World Series year of 1984). I also had one of the player’s kids in my class and girl scout troop. My dad and grandfather were lifelong fans so yeah I saw them on TV and listened to Ernie Harwell on the radio a lot too. These things make you more invested in a team for sure.
I married a Cubs fan. We both root for each other’s teams as long as we do not face each other. Thank goodness he was a National League team fan or it may not have worked out quite so well. I have made him an actual Tiger’s fan though, not just an attendee. Illitch has kept them watchable and competitive, which helps. There is just something about the Tiger team that is likeable though, it did not take long for James to be hooked.
I was sad when Tiger Stadium was torn down but am happy enough now at Comerica Park. It is starting to feel more homey and normal to me as we go more often. It is also very patron friendly with more conveniences, I will admit it, Tigers? I just can’t quit you.

The best team in Detroit!

Do i really need to say anything more?

I was born on opening day of the last season they won the World Series. So I feel a strong connection with this team. It’s always fun to watch and cheer for! I try to never miss a game!

This review is of the venue, not the team (obviously… Who am I to critique professional baseball players? I mean, that’s totally unheard of, right?)
Compared to the old stadium, this one is better. But that doesn’t mean it’s perfect. Yes, it’s a beautiful ballpark. Every seat gives you a good view. As someone else already Unilocaled, it’s very walkable. And I do love the fact that I can take a bus from a block away for my house that drops me off at the front door.
That being said… Two major drawbacks detract from the overall experience. The first is the lack of overhangs/​protection from the elements. As other ballpark designers have established, it IS possible to build a stadium with some shade and some minimal protection from wind and rain. Weather can and should be mitigated even in this kind of an outdoor venue. Sadly, here you are left to bake in the sun like so many dried out old hot dogs…
Secondly, what is up with these prices??? Seriously! Who can pay 20 bucks for a beer and a hot dog? Free water is hard to find, which is criminal given the probability of sunstroke in unshaded seats. I smuggled in snacks and diet coke, but should net have to feel like a criminal just because I wanted something to drink during a long game. Shame on whoever sets the prices for making baseball inaccessible to the average Joe/​Jane.

Miguel Cabrera vs. Mike Trout
How is this even debatable?
Miguel Cabrera, first triple crown winner since before I was even born. Carries team to the post season.
Mike Trout, nice individual season but the team under performed and is headed home.

they won 7 – 4. always fun!!!
THANKS KELLI.

One of the nicest ballparks in the country. Haven’t seen the new Yankee stadium… yet…but sat next to a guy making his final round of all the ballparks and even he had nothing but great things to say about the ball park.
It is one of the most kid friendly and walkable stadiums in the country. If you’ve never been to another ballpark, you don’t know what you have. The COPA is a great spot to check out a game.
Easily accecssible and always a fun time.
The new scoreboard is TITS!
Not a bad spot to sit in the house. Not like the old tiger stadium obstructed views.
One thing I dislike is the new smoking sections, how stupid is it that you are outside and yet you still have to walk «outside» to smoke leaving your beer on the fence? That’s my only gripe.

Detroit is a sports town to the core. Doesn’t matter whether the Lions are going 0 – 15 or the Red Wings are pounding their way towards another Conference final, this town loves its players and its teams. But I think, at heart, you’re a city of tigers.
Since I moved here in late 2011, so far I have seen two professional teams in action and the Tigers account for 75% of my limited sports diet. I’ll be honest, professional athletics tends to lack a certain something for me. The stats don’t send thrills through my heart and I could care less about the apparent strategies used in a game that’s all about two men: one throwing a ball, the other strutting, spitting, and swinging a bat. Not exactly a team sport the way European football or ice hockey are, you know?
That’s why I went to the Tigers game as an experience with my fellow Detroiters. What’s more beautiful than an afternoon at Comerica Park with people from the suburbs and the city, high and middle and working class, all ethnic stripes and persuasions sitting together? Not much. Sure, the prices of concessions are stupidly high and parking in a dubious lot around some buildings which need to be torn down or restored to unite Midtown with downtown reveals to me where improvements are needed. But once you’re under those great stone tigers with baseballs in their fanged maws, you belong.
I love that. This city is so unlike Chicago, its nearest rival, in that it welcomes everyone. Here’s a towel, here’s a t-​shirt, and a big margarita in a skinny tube for $ 9.50. Enjoy the ball game, baby.
The game leaves a lot to be desired for someone like me, but I love the crowds. They laugh, they gasp, they cheer. Applause for great hits or strike outs — I was there on a near no-​hitter night early in the season and again at their great demolishing of the Rockies — soars into the sky, blasts off the buildings, and winds around the city sounds filtering up from Woodward. Men still doff their hats at the national anthem and the huge Meijer screen broadcasts lots of helpful and welcome information. I get a chuckle out of the kitsch of it all.
A rainstorm that delayed the Rockies game sent me and the beau into the overpriced indoor café where we sat at a table carved with yearly layers of names, initials, best wishes, and cryptic messages. A family hiding from the rain joined us, and the dad immediately introduced himself and his teen daughters. Only in Detroit would we all be so friendly, especially since I’m sometimes shy around strangers and try to let them stay in their own bubbles of conversation.
It was a great time. Do it at least once even if you don’t give a crap about baseball. Walk to the third tier and hide a story above the Fox sports guy as he has the prime view in the house, and you have one slightly less great, which is within a degree of perfect.

On this Memorial weekend I have one song in mind, Baseball, Hot Dogs, and Apple Pie (I prefer chocolate cream pie though).
What better way than to celebrate it with friends at a Tiger game. Since this review is about the Tigers and not the ballpark I must say there is no better team to root for in baseball. From the time I was introduced to baseball when my father said «nice catch, I see you throwing a ball for the Tigers». Back when I was five that scared the daylights out of me and I had nightmares because I thought I would have to throw a baseball at a real tiger. He’d chew me up. I didn’t know he meant THE baseball team.
My fond memories of a Tiger fan…
1968 World Series — Watching the games in my catholic grade school in class with the nuns more interested than most of the kids.
My first baseball game — Al Kaline home run.
Walking to Fort Street, picking up the bus to Trumbull, walking to the ballpark and catching a doubleheader in the bleachers, all for $ 3.00, by myself.
1984 World Series — After a start to finish first place and a 35−5− record to start the season.
Taking my daughters to their first Tiger game, just missed a foul ball.
There’s many many more but there’s nothing better than being a Detroit Tiger baseball fan!!!

LET’S PLAY BALL!!!
Let’s go Tiger’s… Let’s Go!!!
Remember people — just because you see the first low parking fee doesn’t mind you have to get it. You do have legs especially on nice days; you can park inside of Greektown Casino (FREE PARKING) and walk over which only takes 10mins or 15mins if you have kids.
If you are parking at the Greektown, then come at least two hours before the game; the casino starts charging $ 10 if you don’t have a casino card.
Tigers (9) VS White Sox (0) — shut out game!!!