Comments on: And the walls, come tumbling down http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/ News, views, and analysis on the Detroit Tigers and baseball Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:06:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Remembering Tiger Stadium http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-106149 Remembering Tiger Stadium Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:45:52 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-106149 I really hope we are able to keep a corner of the stadium up, i will be really sad to see the whole stadium go. http://rememberingtigerstadium.com/ I really hope we are able to keep a corner of the stadium up, i will be really sad to see the whole stadium go.

http://rememberingtigerstadium.com/

]]> By: ron http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96966 ron Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:53:37 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96966 And a ball bouncing off a wooden seat sure sounded better than one hitting a plastic seat. And a ball bouncing off a wooden seat sure sounded better than one hitting a plastic seat.

]]> By: ron http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96963 ron Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:55:19 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96963 The Olympia and Briggs Stadium. Wow. The Olympia and Briggs Stadium. Wow.

]]> By: ron http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96962 ron Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:51:56 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96962 I hate modern ballparks in the same way I hate modern churches. I hate modern ballparks in the same way I hate modern churches.

]]> By: ron http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96961 ron Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:44:29 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96961 Day baseball games in the late 50's were wonderful. The older ladies sitting by themselves in the shade in the lower deck, knitting, keeping score and listening to the game on their transistor radios with the one earpiece and the gray and the green and the painted over how many times tops of the dugouts. It was great. Not to mention the bullpens,flagpole,lights,centerfield bleachers. I've been to Yankee Stadium and Dodger Stadium and they never measured up to Briggs Stadium. Maybe Wrigley and Fenway, I dont know. Day baseball games in the late 50′s were wonderful. The older ladies sitting by themselves in the shade in the lower deck, knitting, keeping score and listening to the game on their transistor radios with the one earpiece and the gray and the green and the painted over how many times tops of the dugouts. It was great. Not to mention the bullpens,flagpole,lights,centerfield bleachers. I’ve been to Yankee Stadium and Dodger Stadium and they never measured up to Briggs Stadium. Maybe Wrigley and Fenway, I dont know.

]]> By: ron http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96834 ron Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:33:47 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96834 Many, many baseball games from 52' on and one particular Packers/ Thanksgiving Day football game with the wind and snow flurries and pint liquor bottles littering the concrete steps making your way to the bathrooms which was a major venture in itself for a young guy and listening to the crowd noise reverberate as you walked undeneath the stands and the smell of the hot dogs sitting in the greasy water and the odor of cigarettes and cigars and then trekking back up the ramp to this wonderful field layed out before you your heart thumping in your chest waiting for the second half kickoff in this beautiful arena totally enclosed and personal, and it will never be duplicated anywhere. Many, many baseball games from 52′ on and one particular Packers/ Thanksgiving Day football game with the wind and snow flurries and pint liquor bottles littering the concrete steps making your way to the bathrooms which was a major venture in itself for a young guy and listening to the crowd noise reverberate as you walked undeneath the stands and the smell of the hot dogs sitting in the greasy water and the odor of cigarettes and cigars and then trekking back up the ramp to this wonderful field layed out before you your heart thumping in your chest waiting for the second half kickoff in this beautiful arena totally enclosed and personal, and it will never be duplicated anywhere.

]]> By: judpma http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96611 judpma Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:55:04 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96611 that place was so "cozy" that when I went there I had a hard time figuring out how they played football there. What a great place...was there a better sight than someone hitting a dinger against that over hang in right while the right fielder was standing there waiting to catch a fly ball. Classic place that place was so “cozy” that when I went there I had a hard time figuring out how they played football there. What a great place…was there a better sight than someone hitting a dinger against that over hang in right while the right fielder was standing there waiting to catch a fly ball. Classic place

]]> By: Rick G http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96526 Rick G Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:31:29 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96526 That's funny, Chris - I also saw Reggie Jackson playing (for the A's) in my first game at Tiger Stadium. What I remember from then is how massive the field looked, and how disappointing it was to have a support post in the way of part of the field, and how fly balls would disappear from view because of the roof. It definitely had its problems, but could have been saved if they'd really wanted to. I actually got to go onto the field at the end of the 1999 Detroit Marathon, but unfortunately I was so tired and miserable at the time it was not that much fun. It's a shame they couldn't save the stadium, but it really needs to be torn down so that the city can quickly develop that piece of land /sarc. That’s funny, Chris – I also saw Reggie Jackson playing (for the A’s) in my first game at Tiger Stadium. What I remember from then is how massive the field looked, and how disappointing it was to have a support post in the way of part of the field, and how fly balls would disappear from view because of the roof. It definitely had its problems, but could have been saved if they’d really wanted to.

I actually got to go onto the field at the end of the 1999 Detroit Marathon, but unfortunately I was so tired and miserable at the time it was not that much fun.

It’s a shame they couldn’t save the stadium, but it really needs to be torn down so that the city can quickly develop that piece of land /sarc.

]]> By: Chris in Nashville http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96492 Chris in Nashville Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:01:16 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/07/and-the-walls-come-tumbling-down/#comment-96492 Man, this makes me sick. I've been trying to avoid hearing anything about this. This is where I saw my first (of many games at old Tiger Stadium) MLB game. Reggie Jackson was playing for the Angels. I was like 5 or 6 at the time and my love of baseball and Tiger Stadium grew from there. At least I have my seats from there to look at, but I wish they could have figured out a way to keep this standing. Sad day. Man, this makes me sick. I’ve been trying to avoid hearing anything about this. This is where I saw my first (of many games at old Tiger Stadium) MLB game. Reggie Jackson was playing for the Angels. I was like 5 or 6 at the time and my love of baseball and Tiger Stadium grew from there. At least I have my seats from there to look at, but I wish they could have figured out a way to keep this standing. Sad day.

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