We arrived in Detroit on Wednesday, May 24 leaving weather in the 80's in Cincinnati and arriving to weather in the 60's in Detroit. We'd gotten a little slack in our planning for Detroit and didn't have tickets for the game or plans for our non-game time until about a day before we arrived (this is the way I like it).
As we drove to Detroit, Melinda was looking at things to do on her phone and found there is a Motown Museum. Since we're both big Motown fans, she immediately bought us tickets for the next day. For our readers under 50, Motown is the famous African-American owned record company founded in Detroit in 1959 and which produced numerous soul and R&B hits during the 1960's and 1970's. It was founded and operated from a house on West Grand Blvd. - you can see Melinda standing in front of the house.
We had a one hour guided tour which was fantastic. This included a visit for Studio 1A where the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder and many more recorded their hits. It's as small as it appears in this picture.
After Motown, we drove around Detroit and, it's sad to say, much of the city that we saw was in bad shape. There were many abandoned and rundown buildings We did visit the Riverwalk on the Detroit River across from Canada and saw the race course for the upcoming Detroit Grand Prix. We also drove to Belle Isle which is big island park in the Detroit River.
The Tigers play in Comerica Park which is downtown and right next to Ford Field (where the Lions play). Comerica Park opened in 2000 is well designed - plus they had good brats. They had many Tiger statues out front - the one I'm pictured with is wearing the number 24 jersey of Miguel Cabrera - the future Hall of Famer who is in his final season of his career with the Tigers. Cabrera (or Miggy Milestones as Melinda calls him) has hit over 500 home runs and 3,000 hits in his career - which is rarified territory in baseball. It was great to see him play even though he went 0-2 with two walks and run scored. There were also statues of former Tiger greats like Ty Cobb and Al Kaline.
Due to our last minute planning, we got $10 tickets (plus fees) in the lower section on SeatGeek. These are the best seats we've had so far with lots of leg room and padded seats.
The Tigers beat the White Sox 7-2. Normally, I dislike both teams since they're in the same division as Cleveland, but we rooted for the home team. Alex Faedo, a second year player for the Tigers, started and pitched 6 innings with 10 strikeouts and no walks. Meanwhile, the four White Sox pitchers combined for 11 walks and 2 pitch clock violations. It was 56 degrees by the time the game ended and the 15,000 fans who attended went home happy
Our next stop is Cleveland.
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