We're on the road again. Detroit this evening to see the KC Royals play the Detroit Tigers. Ball Park #29. On the way to the stadium, we stopped to see our former neighbors, Randy and Sharon Byrd in Novi, Michigan. They've purchased the Virginia Bar-B-Que franchise for the area and just opened their first store. Not bad for fast food bar-b-que. Stop by if you're in the area (http://www.virginiabbq.com/).
Comerica is a very nice new ball park. It's very well laid out. Wide concourses; good views from all locations; kid friendly with a carousel and a ferris wheel. We had great seats (not much competition for seats as you'd expect for a late September game with both teams out of the playoff race). The only negative ... the seats were not very comfortable ... narrow and not much leg room. One surprise ... there's a Montgomery Inn restaurant area behind right field. If anyone has any idea why the Gregory family wanted a franchise in Detroit, let me know.
The game was what you'd expect from 2 teams out of the playoff race ... not great pitching, not much hitting and general player disinterest (except for the September call-ups). Kansas City won 6-2. It was the David DeJesus show. He had 4 hits and a couple of nice plays in center field. Here's the link to the box score: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_09_22_kcamlb_detmlb_1&mode=wrap
Here's a link to the pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14772189@N03/sets/
(They'll be uploaded tomorrow ... the link isn't working tonight)
Hot Dog Rating: I had great expectations for Comerica hot dogs, but they let me down. I had a Hebrew National hot dog with grilled onions (no sauerkraut available in the stadium ... believe me, we asked). Nancy had an Italian Sausage with onions and peppers. We rated both 7.5, good not great.
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