Another farewell....
I must say, I'm pretty sad to see Tiger stadium get torn down. I'm hopefull that Ernie Harwell and co can save part of it and the field and make it a memorial, or a park, or a little league field. 
Something to commemorate it better than what's left of the old classics such as Ebbets field, Crosley field, the Polo Grounds etc. Hell, at least they saved the old centre field wall from Forbes field in Pittsburgh. Unfortunately, I never had the experience of visiting the old girl before she closed in 1999. Ironically, I was in Detroit that summer, and I hadn't yet discovered baseball. It was later that summer after we had left Detroit and travelled out to Cape Cod that I discovered baseball. Of course, in my ignorance and little knowledge at the time, I hardly knew the significance of Tiger Stadium and what it meant. I would have loved to turn back the clock and gone. In my successive visits back to Detroit I've driven around the outside of the park, snapped pics of it from the road, and had time to have a small look. And everytime I went it made me realise how big an opportunity I had passed up. But I love Comerica Park. It's a gem. So i'm happy. But i'd have loved to been able to go to Tiger Stadium. I hope some of it gets saved so I can finally fulfill the chance.
Something to commemorate it better than what's left of the old classics such as Ebbets field, Crosley field, the Polo Grounds etc. Hell, at least they saved the old centre field wall from Forbes field in Pittsburgh. Unfortunately, I never had the experience of visiting the old girl before she closed in 1999. Ironically, I was in Detroit that summer, and I hadn't yet discovered baseball. It was later that summer after we had left Detroit and travelled out to Cape Cod that I discovered baseball. Of course, in my ignorance and little knowledge at the time, I hardly knew the significance of Tiger Stadium and what it meant. I would have loved to turn back the clock and gone. In my successive visits back to Detroit I've driven around the outside of the park, snapped pics of it from the road, and had time to have a small look. And everytime I went it made me realise how big an opportunity I had passed up. But I love Comerica Park. It's a gem. So i'm happy. But i'd have loved to been able to go to Tiger Stadium. I hope some of it gets saved so I can finally fulfill the chance. 
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