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Opening Day

Mario Impemba provides Opening Day to Armed Forces

05.04.2009 3 comments

This is a note for any DTW readers serving in the Armed Forces (and I know there are some of you out there). It’s also just a nice note regardless:
Transplanted Tigers fans currently serving the United States Armed Forces will now be able to celebrate Opening Day 2009 while on duty, home or abroad. [...]

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Fish Fries and Flyovers – Opening Day: Rangers at Tigers

04.10.2009 68 comments

PREGAME: The Home Opener is finally upon us. All of the regular traditions will be in place. People will find their regular watering holes or tailgate spots. Therer will be a ceremonial first pitch. Four F-15s will buzz the park once the DSO completes the National Anthem. The traditional Opening Day fish fry will take [...]

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Game 2009.001 (aka Opening Day): Tigers at Blue Jays

04.06.2009 120 comments

PREGAME: Finally. Months 6 months of despair over last year’s debacle are washed away. Two months of roster speculation can be forgotten (six Tigers are experiencing their first opening day). It’s finally time to play ball. Tonight’s pitching match-up is a dandy, as most opening day match-ups are.
The Tigers will try to [...]

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Opening Day 2008 Postmortem

03.31.2008 39 comments

Yes, it’s only April and there will be losses, but the Tigers let one get away today. The offense created opportunities, and the pitching was decent enough. But the pieces just didn’t come together. I’m not making conclusions based on what I saw today, but I did observe some stuff while sitting [...]

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Game On! Opening Day Game Thread

03.31.2008 110 comments

Opening Day has finally arrived in Detroit for the most anticipated Tigers season that I can remember. Before we get into the game thread portion of this, let’s check out some of the vitals on the day:
Weather: Looks to be 50’s and overcast according to Accuweather. The rain looks to hold off during [...]

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Getting ready for Opening Day

03.29.2008 7 comments

Here we are on the eve of Opening Day eve. Here’s some information to get you ready for the festivities:
Tickets
Good news for those of you still looking for tickets, the prices appear to be dropping fast on Stubhub. You can now get pairs together for less than $100 a ticket. Most of [...]

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Only way to get Opening Day tickets

02.25.2008 11 comments

The Tigers announced that a limited number of full season ticket packages are now on sale. They also announced, and this really isn’t a surprise, that there will be no single Opening Day seats available when single game tickets go on sale on Saturday morning. So if you want Opening Day at face [...]

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