A lady at my work frequently sells extra Tigers tickets. I try and go to at least a game or two ever year, and yesterday was my second of the season. We played the Orioles and I took my friend who I had road tripped to Maryland with in December. I had never been to Baltimore before, but our brief time there for dinner and a few drinks made me want to return someday. Before leaving we grabbed some coffee at a place called Metropolitan that seemed particularly interesting.
We arrived just before the game started and were sitting down with a couple of hotdogs before the first pitch. Our seats were comfortably out of the sun in the right field bleachers, an area that made for great people watching. Lots of hits but few runs made the game go slowly. After the fifth inning we got up to walk around. I love just being in Comerica Park. While I can only compare it to Tiger Stadium, its openness makes for a great atmosphere. I told my friend that I don't think going to a ball game could ever get old. As we explored, the Tigers gave up three runs. We returned to our seats just before the seventh-inning stretch and saw Baltimore score another before the Tigers started their late comeback. We saw them pull to within one and at the end of the eighth left our seats to walk towards the exit. We stopped behind home plate and peaked from under the roof to see Cabrera hit the game-tying homerun in the bottom of the ninth. The best part was the crowd's reaction. Where we were standing we couldn't see the ball in the air, but as soon as he hit it everyone erupted in cheer. We waited to see the end of the ninth inning, but were tired and left before the tenth. I drove us up Woodward where we listened to the end of the game and Damon's walk-off homerun before going home.
One of my roommates had continued B-movie night at my house with a couple of our bike club friends, but they had left by the time I got home. He was just getting ready to go to Ye Olde Saloon where our friend was having her birthday party. I opted for the responsible action and went to bed early. My other roommate had brought over an air conditioner for me to put in upstairs, and while it keeps the room comfortable enough to sleep in, the hum it creates all night I think is keeping me from a really deep sleep.
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