One of the most iconic features of iconic Tiger Stadium was the center field flagpole. We went in search of the roots of one of the most recognizable stadium features in baseball history.
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One of the most iconic features of iconic Tiger Stadium was the center field flagpole. We went in search of the roots of one of the most recognizable stadium features in baseball history.
Read moreThe Three Tenors at Tiger Stadium, July 1999
Read morePhoto: Mark Fidrych and Bill Freehan lead the queue of former Tigers preparing to take the field for the final[…]
Read moreTodd Jones strikes out Carlos Beltran for the final out at Tiger Stadium. September 27, 1999.
Read moreBriggs Stadium, 1957.
Read moreNavin Field at the corner of Michigan & Trumbull, 1934.
Read moreTom Stanton attended every home game of the 1999 season at Tiger Stadium. He wasn’t that interested in that year’s games or team, he was trying to pay tribute to a place that contained rich memories of his father and grandfather, and to soak in as much of the sights, sounds, and smells of the historic ballpark before it closed.
Read moreChildhood friends Mickey Briggs and Elliott Trumbull reminisce about days at Briggs Stadium and a Tigers game in 1950 that went down as the greatest they had ever witnessed.
Read moreThe thing I will miss most about Tiger Stadium are all the empty seats. Not on game day. But when the game is over. How many days, how many nights, did I sit in the press box when the game was over and our work was done and look out at the empty stadium. The ushers and guards had gone home and the groundscrew was finished with their work and all that remained were those empty seats. Those lovely empty seats.
Read moreImagine being a teenager in 1940s Detroit and taking the street car to Michigan and Trumbull to watch the Tigers[…]
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