Zakk_Wylde

Thanks, this is precisely the info I was looking for!! So there were less of them than I thought, but those late 80s games against Toledo are definitely what I remember seeing on my pocket schedule. Any idea why these games stopped happening?

Okay, this really digging deep into my foggy childhood memories. But for some reason, when I was a kid in the late 80s, on my Detroit Tigers pocket schedule, I remember seeing an exhibition game against the Mudhens, somewhere in the middle of the season. Was this a regular yearly thing? Or just a one time thing? If it was a yearly thing when/why did it stop happening? Only reference to it online I can find is in the Wikipedia article about the Tigers disastrous 1989 season, they played an exhibition game against the Mudhens and the Mudhens won 3-1. Were there any more of these games? Does anybody have any memory?

I guess if the game gets rained out, we can't lose right? This time will find a way!

I'm embarrassed to say that it's literally been over a decade since the last game I was able to attend in person. Where is the best place to park these days? What kind of cost should I be budgeting for parking? "Back In My Day", I used to park in an underground lot below Grand Circus Park that was steps from the park and it only cost $5. Is that lot still around? I imagine the days of it costing $5 are long gone?

I realize this is definitely a "first world problems" kind of gripe. And really, this is just a guy in his mid 40s lamenting about how things were so much better "back in the day." but, I can't be the only one who feels this way. Does anybody else think that the amount of alternate jerseys baseball teams wear in a year is getting ridiculous? The Tigers aren't quite as bad as some teams that I've seen, but some other teams I feel like I've seen wear like a dozen different jerseys this year. What ever happened to just a home and away jersey? Yeah I know that this is all about pushing merchandise sales. But I see teams playing in uniforms every colour of the rainbow? The some teams "City Connect" jerseys are some of the most hideous looking things I've ever seen. Do these hideous jerseys help the sport catch on with younger crowds? Or is it just about pushing merch sales? Again as I said, Detroit isn't nearly as bad as some teams in this regard but it's just getting crazy. There seems to be no rhyme or reason what a team will be wearing on any given day.

On the topic of broadcast markets, it still blows my mind that Windsor, Ontario is considered Blue Jays market. Windsor is significantly closer to Comerica Park than most suburbs of Detroit, let alone the rest of Michigan. Yet we are supposed to be Blue Jays fans due to the international border. But I'll tell you what really pisses me off, are all these games that are blacked out because they are on some streaming service. AppleTV for example. So generally we are expected to have subscriptions to half a dozen different streaming services (in addition to MLB.tv) to watch the Tigers?! Maybe that's the norm in certain households, but definitely not mine. I just don't watch that much TV to justify subscriptions to Netflix, AppleTV, Peacock, etc. Yet there are baseball games scattered on these services which causes a blackout on mlb.tv?! That pisses me off! End of rant.

For about as long as I can remember, there has always been a promotion after Sunday games where kids can run the bases. Has anybody here ever brought their kids to take part in that? I'd have to imagine that there are like 10,000 kids, is it a very long lineup/wait? Is it well organized, or a chaotic mess? I'll be bringing my son to a Sunday game in May and I was just wondering if this was worthwhile, or if it would be too frustrating to be worth it. Seems like a cool experience.

A few magical moments for me in the modern millennium. Game 5 of 2006 ALDS, defeating the Yankees (against everybody's expectation). And seeing the Tigers include the fans in the celebration, Kenny Rogers dumping a bottle of champagne on a cop, etc. So many iconic moments and a series result that nobody predicted. Game 4 of 2006 ALCS, Magglio Ordonez's walk off homerun, clinching a spot in the World Series. Verlander's first no hitter in 2007.

I'm hoping somebody can help me with this question. Can anybody here tell me what the only thing that Fieger Law does is? I might have heard it mentioned once or twice while watching a Tiger game this year but I can't remember. Perhaps they will mention it on tonights game?

Absolutely. Just think, once upon a time, our stars were Dmitri Young and Bobby Higginson .. Our big hope was exciting prospects like Kyle Sleeth and Kenny Baugh. Did either of them ever make it up to the majors? Of course we had some exciting up and coming pitchers like Jeremy Bonderman. My point is, we had to have fun wherever we could find it. Watching Nook Logan and Alex Sanchez constantly bunt for base hits made for entertainment during dark times. Then of course we got Pudge and Magglio, and Verlander and Granderson emerged from the farm, and by 2006 things started to get fun for real. I'll never forget Chris Shelton's ridiculous start. Literally hitting like he's Babe Ruth, until a few months into the season when the rest of the league figured him out, and he didn't even finish the year on the major league roster. This board made those days a lot of fun. And I wish a lot more of the old posters would resurface. Whatever happened to DaYooper? Yoda? etc Miss you guys wherever you are!

I remember very vividly, there was talk of trading DMitri Young in 2003, and somebody from this board, I wish I could remember who, started a thread titled "If Dmitri Young is gone, I'm gone." implying that if Young got traded away, he'd give up on being a Tigers fan. Then Dmitri Young turned into hot garbage and eventually was released in 2006, while the rest of the team was on a tear making their first playoff run in decades. But that "If Dmitri Young is gone" thread just kept getting bumped in 2006 so that the initial post would be taken out of context. Ehhh it was pretty funny for me at the time anyway! hehe

Man thats amazing that you did that much legwork to satisfy my insane request. Thank you, you are very much appreciated!!

Man you are amazing!!!! how did you find those videos of Sanchez and Logan?!?! To scrub out the exact spots. So cool to see full 2004-2005 games as well. I know the Tigers didn't win a lot in those days but those are very nostalgic years for me. Man I still can't believe you found those. How did you come up with those videos????

This is true. Man i really miss this board as it existed back in those days. So many amazing posters that seem to have disappeared. We do still have some great people here however.

haha I completely forgot about Berry!!