Detroit and Ann Arbor

The beat goes on here in Detroit. As Andy mentioned in our last post, our poor planning led to us missing the first four innings of the Detroit-Red Sox game at Comerica Park. Figures, we miss half of a Red Sox game, but what are ya gonna do.

I will say I am definitely a fan of Comerica. A very friendly and comfortable place, our seats were in the left field bleachers a little ways behind the foul pole. Unfortunately for me, John Lackey had already given up a few runs by the time we sat down. (We were following along on the radio as we were on the highway heading to Detroit...I must say, the radio commentators were excellent, giving all the details including where pitchers set up on the rubber, whose socks were up and down, etc....very nice) Anyways, the lackluster performance gave us some time to check out the details of Comerica. A very open stadium, it holds about 40,000 of Detroit's finest (including the guy in the bleachers with no shirt, trying unsuccessfully all day to start a wave)...and it was pretty much a packed house on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Walking around the concourses, there was lots to look at including memorial towers showing highlights of the Tigers during various decades, a cool Ferris wheel, batting cages, and all sorts of other fun stuff. We got the whole tour and saw the end on the right field roof deck, but unfortunately the Sox couldn't muster a comeback on this day. Final score: Tigers 5, Red Sox 1.

Beer Prices: Labatt or Bud "Regular" $6.50, Large (24 oz) $8, Mircobrew (Atwater Block Brewery) Dirty Blonde - $8.50

After the game, we headed west to the town of Ypsilanti, Michigan, as we stayed with Mr. Tom Stevens and his brother Bob. After we got settled, Tom and Bob took us to Ann Arbor for a tour of the University of Michigan wolverines, including the Big House. Man, that campus is something else with buildings for just about anything you could imagine. I think the football training facility was bigger than any building Northeastern owns! After the tour we got some dinner at a local brew house, stopped for a couple beers at their brewing facility on the way home, then finished off the night watching some Sunday night baseball. All four of us are engineers and avid baseball fans, so there were plenty of good topics of conversation. Simply put, it was a great, great day. Many thanks go out to Tom and Bob! You both were great hosts and we can't thank you enough for having us. Also, thanks go out to the Abbotts for helping to arrange our stay with Tom.