James friend Nick held another birthday party at Comerica Park and once again the Tigers won. This means it was a clean sweep since his birthday last year with the Tigers winning all the games Nick and James attended in the past year (4 or 5 games). For a team well under 500 this is an achievement. The evening was beautiful despite 94 being shut down for construction which caused us a little delay. After the game we did a little tour of the area since James school is in this location. James took a couple pics in front of his school – the Mike Illitch School of Business. Also this evening Dave Chappelle was doing a live concert so the town was really buzzing this evening. A great evening and a great finale to our summer activities.

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Tigers got a no hitter on this wet day at Comerica Park. James met up with his friend Nick who’s family kindly invited us to join them at the park. The rain really made things miserable but it was fascinating seeing the grounds crew work the field to keep it playable. James’ Dad had been to many Tiger games but could not ever remembering being at one that was rain delayed, probably because when James’ Dad was growing up the Tiger games were relatively cheap to attend and there was always room in the bleachers so if it was a nice day, you just hopped on the bus at Grindley (now the closest bus stop is Michigan Ave) and went to the game. If it was raining you watched it on TV. James got so well he began to feel sick so unfortunately we had to leave before the no hitter was complete, but that was ok as we were there for all the scoring that took place. We ended up watching the no hitter on TV.
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James and his family were invited to a Tigers game by Nick and his family. The game was special because the first 15,000 people would receive a Miggy T-shirt free. Things got interesting the night before when the Friday game was rained out, prompting the Saturday game to be moved up to a 12:10 start time with the Friday makeup game taking place at 5:10, sort of a strange Saturday double header (although each game had its own tickets so we could only see the earlier game).

The Tigers would go on to win, matching their season high on runs, 7-4. Unfortunately they lost the second game. One of the big highlights of the game was James and Nick being on the jumbotron at Comerica park.

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Its been a while since we went as a family to a Tiger game at Comerica park, but we were lucky enough to attend when Nick – a friend of James – invited us to the game to celebrate his birthday. And what a game it was…

The Tigers have been a bit of a disappointment this year, but not tonight. The game went into extra inning and the Tigers finally won in walk off fashion 3-2. Great Job Tigers.

After the game we stayed for the fireworks show and Dad said the last time he saw a fireworks show at the ball game it was at Tiger Stadium.

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Nascar driver and owner Tony Stewart was on hand at the Autorama in Detroit and James, Mom, and Dad all got to meet him and get an autographed picture.

We first noticed people lining up a couple hours before Tony was scheduled to show so we went and saw the exhibits then got in line around noon. The wait was a little under two hours but it was worth it. Tony was very pleasant and friendly to everyone and James got to shake his hand. Tony was only here in Detroit for a couple hours so we were able to get plenty of pictures of “Smoke” while waiting in line. James was very happy at the end of the day with his autographed 8×10 of Tony.

Tony has been our favorite driver in the family since before James was born and now as an owner we all root for Tony’s team (including Kevin Harvick and Cling Boyler as part of Stewart Haas racing) All in all a fun time for all and plenty of autographs to go around

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Autorama,also known as “World of Wheels”, made its way to Detroit’s Cobo Hall this weekend and James and his family made the most of their visit to the “D”. However, todays visit was a complete surprise to the family as Dad surprised them with tickets to the event (AKA America’s Premier Custom Show Car Series). James and his mother did not even know where they were going till we were in the car on 94 and well on our way to Detroit. While they had plenty of hot rods there as advertised, we were very happy to find lots more including plenty of toys and hard to find collectible. Mom picked up a t shirt and James picked up a metal Ford plaque while we were looking the cars (including the ultimate car, the Bat Mobile), Its been a while since we have been to Cobo Hall in Detroit, and we were surprised to find out that the Hall of Fame plaques had been moved since our last visit.

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Aunt Peg was at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit over the holidays and James and his Dad made a visit to see her and were surprised at all the magnificent Christmas decorations that were on display there.

Dad was born at Henry Ford Hospital (and so was his Dad James Grandpa and both Aunt Peg and Aunt Criss – the place has been around since 1915 or so) so it has a special meaning to him (although he does not remember his last visit here, it might have been when he was born).

Aunt Peg was doing ok but was very tired and not interested in taking pictures, however she would recover and a few weeks later we picked her up here and took her back to her apartment in Oakwood.

The one thing that is frustrating about this hospital is paid parking, I never liked that at a hospital but in Detroit or any major city I guess its necessary due to the high population vs park spots.

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Dad had some business downtown and spent some time in downtown Detroit. We were right across the street from Hart Plaza and had a great view of the Ren Cen from our window.

During lunch break I was able to get some great pictures of some of the art around Detroit. To my surprise I found a bust of Abraham Lincoln in the woods (I saw it from the window and investigated it from there, you cannot see it from the street as it is surrounded by trees). I also saw the Princess boat which has dancing and a night club atmosphere, reminded me of the Boblo boats which my family road so many times in the past.

Great parking available, I parked in the center medium on Jefferson, take the Lodge to Jefferson, then right past the “fist” is an underground parking structure in the center medium that is very convenient in and out. Rates go from $5 to $15 ($15 is for a full day of parking)

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The Red Wings won the Stanley Cup Championship in 2008 and the entire city celebrated. Although we did not make the parade this year, we did spent an afternoon downtown and captured the spirit of the city. I especially enjoyed seeing the big tiger out front of Comerica Park dressed up in a Red Wing outfit. James liked the Tiger too and thats why there are so many pictures of it.

Congrats to the Detroit Red Wings who have won more Stanley Cups than any other team in the United States. Hopefully they will continue to be a great source of pride for the city of Detroit.

Now, about that football team…One playoff win since 1957, really!

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We got some great seats to a Detroit Tiger game vs Mets from our neighbors and James had a blast there with the merry go round and ferris wheel. The Tigers put on a good show and won the game handily, lots of scoring on both sides. One thing I will never forget about this trip was James eating peanuts, I had assumed that Mary bought them for him, while she assumed that I had bought them for him. As it turned out they were the people sitting behind us, James simply turned around and started eating their peanuts. Both parties laughed and we got them another bag of peanuts. They were from NY and were here to see the new stadium and their beloved Mets.

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