My first Detroit Tiger game
September 1st, 2009 by Rob Hart
I spend 5-6 days a week documenting the lives of strangers. Weddings, sporting events, parades, babies, old people. So it was nice to document the lives of someone in my family and get a day off.
We took my 2-year-old nephew, Lucas, and almost 11-month-old niece, Claire to their first game at the new Tiger Stadium. I have so many memories in the old Tiger Stadium at Michigan and Trumbull. My dad would take us there and I’d cheer on Kirk Gibson. My little brother was a Lou Whitaker fan. My Aunt Joni loved Matt Nokes. I remember those long creaky walkways in the upper deck. Standing along the outfield fence during batting practice. No one from Detroit can ever forget the image of Gibson after hitting the home run off Gossage to win the World Series in ’84.
Even though the Tigers lost it was nice to sit in those stands and make memories for the next generation of disappointed Tiger fans.
Then in typical Detroit fashion we go back to a car parked in an empty lot behind some abandoned building.
Posted in Rob Hart, vacation | Comments (1)
November 7th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Wow! What great pictures of good looking people! I want a message from you.