Comerica Park - First Stop on a Long Journey

My Game Ticket for the Game at Comerica Park 

My brother and me at Comerica Park 

Detroit, MI was the first stop in beginning our improbable dream of going to every MLB stadium in the league.  The East Coast trip began on June 12, 2003 as the Tigers took on the Dodgers.  The trip started out in choppy waters as the first game we attended was delayed for almost two hours, but a little water wasn't going to stop my brother and me from going to batting practice or enjoying the game. During warm-ups we got a baseball and several autographs as we always do when we go to a game.  Once the game got underway, I finally realized that this dream was becoming a reality. One of the unique things about Comerica Park is the liquid fireworks in the outfield.  Whenever a Tiger player hits a homerun, a water and light show is emitted from the fountains beyond the centerfield wall. The stadium wasn't anything super special but it was a good place to begin our travels because it wasn't an overbearing crowd or atmosphere for two young kids trying to live out a dream. You could probably attribute the lack of attendance to the poor performances of the Tigers who lost a league worst 119 games in 2003.  We ended up leaving the game early because we had to get on the road and head to Cleveland so we could catch another game the next night. Being in Detroit taught me a few important life lessons.  First off, it taught me to always fight to the end.  This is because we watched the worst team in the league give it all they had on the field even though their odds of winning weren't very good.  The second important virtue I took out of Detroit was patience.  It was our first stadium and we had to wait almost two hours extra for the game to start.  Because we were patient and waited around, we got to see exactly what we came for - good old-fashioned baseball game.  Although this initial trip was mainly for baseball purposes, we couldn't help but stumble upon a few other landmarks during our time in Michigan. We visited Ford Field, home of the NFL's Detroit Lions, which was conveniently located right next to Comerica, and we made a stop inside the University of Michigan's "Big House", the biggest football stadium in the nation holding well over 100,000 fans. This trip to Detroit was special because it was our first game outside of Wisconsin and it turned our dreams into reality as we realized that we had a good shot to reach our ultimate goal of seeing every Major League Baseball Stadium.