Trip Report #1

The day didn't really start off all that hot.

We hit the road around 2:30pm or so, so we could get to the ballpark by 5:00 or 5:30 and catch some batting practice. Everyone was hungry so we thought we'd get something to eat at a sitdown type joint. Arnie's was the choice.

It was the wrong one.

The service was horrible, the food took forever, and they even got my friend Josh's order wrong. We left there at almost 4:00!!

The drive wasn't too bad. Good conversation, and it actually went rather quickly.

We got to Comerica Park around 6:30 or so, and my girlfriend Stephanie was taking it and, and taking some photos. She'd never been to Comerica before, and it was only my friend Chris' second time. Josh and I, however, are grizzled veterans.

We trolled around, and looked for a Brandon Inge jersey (before he gets traded) for Josh. He couldn't find any replicas and wasn't really up for paying 130 dollars, so he called that search off early.

After walking around the concourse some more, we decided to go to our seats and check out the view. Only being three rows from the field, in the right field grandstand, is a good place to be. We managed to miss the Tigers taking BP, but saw the White Sox probably only 15 minutes out from finishing theirs.

It was scary. It seemed like every guy that stepped up was Hank Aaron or Willie Mays. Jim Thome took three different trips, and crushed every. single. time. Nick Swisher, Paul Konerko, Jermaine Dye. All of them. It certainly didn't seem like a good omen.

And it wasn't.

The game was mainly comprised of the Tigers being impatient some more (sans Carlos Guillen), and making another pitcher look like Cy Young.

Justin Verlander couldn't get his control together all day, and it seemed like every hitter had 3 balls on them before they knew it. Nick Swisher led the game off with a Solo shot. Verlander held it together for a while, but got absolutely touched up in the 6th inning. He left with the bases loaded, and in came Aquilino Lopez.

Hello bases clearing double from Nick Swisher (it may have even been a triple).

Lopez went on to allow another of the same, and before we knew it we were down 13-1.

By the 8th inning, it was so ridiculous that we didn't even bother heckling. We just made jokes for the remainder.

Either way, we still had a good time. There will be plenty more games this season, and it can only go up from here.