  Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 1340 Registered: 04-2008 |
Maybe someone else can get it | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 2826 Registered: 04-2005 |
Tease | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 1341 Registered: 04-2008 |
Patience my sweet Twisted one | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 2828 Registered: 04-2005 |
I'm trying, ZZ, I'm trying | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 1342 Registered: 04-2008 |
I know, you want patience and you want it NOW | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 2829 Registered: 04-2005 |
you got it, pal | ||
7andkelly Member Username: 7andkelly Post Number: 1125 Registered: 04-2008 |
If you're interested, some pictures snapped from my demolition video are on another thread. https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/5/146930.html?1217566686 The video is on FB as are my son's pictures from his Olympus FE-230. Kind of sad really...especially seeing it up close. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 2835 Registered: 04-2005 |
It really is sad, 7. It's too bad that they didn't preserve it 10 years ago, and keep the team there. | ||
12468_laing Member Username: 12468_laing Post Number: 79 Registered: 07-2008 |
is truly sad. my first game was with my dad sitting in right field, 1963 against the yankees and when i saw mantle out there, thought i died and went to heaven. I moved away the summer of 1982, and everytime i came back, another landmark was gone. still can't get over making that big curve on i-75 and no strohs building. some people call this progress, but the jury is still out for me. thing is, i was in rome going through the vatican for one - been there for who knows how long, and a stadium is supposed to be obsolete after 15 years. go figure  | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 1343 Registered: 04-2008 |
At the risk of sounding melodramatic, it's like seeing a loved one die in front of your eyes. Thousands of people crossing the thresholds of that place, most not knowing the others and yet, each one has a moment in time locked in their heart and mind of something that will remain with them the rest of their lives. (sigh) | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 2838 Registered: 04-2005 |
In the long run, I'm sure the same feelings will be felt for Comerica by the current and future generations of baseball loving kids, but it's hard for us to imagine that while we watch the grand Old Lady die. It's not only the stadium we mourn, but the memories of what we were like when we went there. | ||
Campfire_girl Member Username: Campfire_girl Post Number: 325 Registered: 03-2008 |
I'm so glad that I was such an active member of the TSFC (Tiger Stadium fan Club). We did everything we could to save the Stadium and I feel good about that. I'm not looking at any demolition tapes and/or pics because I want to remember walking up the aisle and seeing the ballpark in all it's glory. It died a horrific death of demolition by neglect - and could have been used by many projects, but all were turned down as Mike didn't want any competition for the COPA. Give the choice of a ballgame at an amusement park or a ballpark, the choice would be obvious. I went to the COPA once on Ernie Harwell day - and it really brought tears to my eyes. It's definitely a pander to a generation of individuals who need to multi-task and can't sit an enjoy a ballgame and a dog off the grill. They can take away the structure, but not the feeling of being there. Now, I get my baseball at Fenway - usually one every year or so and LOVE the feel of the "friendly confines". Had a field seat for the 1999 ALL Star game - we have an office out there - and we were the first ones under the gate as it opened - and the last ones that were "kindly" asked to vacant the stadium long after the game ended. | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 767 Registered: 04-2007 |
7: Thank you and your son for the wonderful photos and video.. The imagery is very powerful... relentless machinery tearing away at an empty shell, and the drive along Trumbull to the the corner to capture the sign....WOW The hundreds of times I drove by the stadium with my family to and from downriver I'd always utter "sure gonna miss that girl" when we drove by...It was an expected corny cliche....How prophetic.....The images drive the point home (no pun intended). Laing: Can relate to the Stroh brewery example..use to park next to the Strohhaus (illegally) for years when attending school. Rome is a good example of buildings preserved, or just drive to the New England states to see how cites preserve their treasures. Oh well "Thanks for the memories" Z: Melodrama is fine in this situation. Your analogy is right on. Somewhat related is the closing of St. Jude School (ironically) last June. ...."Each has a moment in time locked....." | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 2843 Registered: 04-2005 |
I asked this yesterday, but I think it got lost in a flurry of posts. Does anyone of you ND guys remember a Pat Leahy? He would have graduated in 69. He was a friend of my sisters Apparently, the last time she saw him he was losing his eyesight. They lost touch , and she was wondering how he was doing. He also went to St. Jude with her til 65 | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 768 Registered: 04-2007 |
CFG: 3 Yrs ago my wife and I paid $8 a piece just to get a tour of Fenway. It was a cold and rainy fall day and worth every nickle....couldn't help but think why?, why?, why? as related to Tiger stadium. can't knock the COPA though. IF the ferris wheel bring em in...fine. | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 769 Registered: 04-2007 |
JC: just looked in the 69 Juggler. Pat Lahey looks vaguely familiar. Don't know him. Would you like his yearbook pic posted? | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 2845 Registered: 04-2005 |
Yes, please | ||
Campfire_girl Member Username: Campfire_girl Post Number: 326 Registered: 03-2008 |
KR - Did the same tour - and really enjoyed being on the field. Scooped up a little outfield gravel which now adorns in the inside of a christmas ornament! No, I don't knock the Copa, it does appeal to a certain group of folks, it's just not my opinion of a Ballyard - but a great amusement park. | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 1349 Registered: 04-2008 |
Just to finish off the question regarding Mr Mullane from last night. It seems he was a fan favorite of the ladies in the 1880's and with baseball having such a rough & tough reputation and the owners looking to expand their gate revenue they put in place the first Ladies Day promotion so they could take advantage of "The Apollo of the Box's charm and sex appeal. Now no longer something the teams need to do, but I seem to recall the Tigers having Ladies day promotions when we were kids. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 2849 Registered: 04-2005 |
I haven't seen a ballplayer that I'd pay money to look at in a looooong time. I think Rocky Colovito was the last one. Maybe Kirk Gibson in his heyday | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 1350 Registered: 04-2008 |
Not even acorn head Polanco? | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 2851 Registered: 04-2005 |
Uh, no. | ||
7andkelly Member Username: 7andkelly Post Number: 1126 Registered: 04-2008 |
Z, be careful what you say...he may be from outer space...and those guys are familiar with corn fields from what I've heard. | ||
7andkelly Member Username: 7andkelly Post Number: 1127 Registered: 04-2008 |
Fudge is a Yankee now...'nough said. | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 1351 Registered: 04-2008 |
I'm not hatin' the playa, it just I marvel every time I examine his dome. It's hard to figure out kinda where it starts and stops. | ||
7andkelly Member Username: 7andkelly Post Number: 1128 Registered: 04-2008 |
He's been one of more consistent players, and he's consistently good, which makes it better. | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 1353 Registered: 04-2008 |
I love Poly, outside of Mags, he's the only one you can count on day in day out. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 2855 Registered: 04-2005 |
We were talking Ladies Day and paying to see ball players. They can be as good a player as any ever in the game, but, damn, I'm not giving up money just to look at them | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 770 Registered: 04-2007 |
 JC: Here ya go. | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 1354 Registered: 04-2008 |
Does anyone know if they ever built anything on the grounds of Olympia? I think it was still vacant when I left and that was 10 years or so after they tore it down. |
