Everyone loves Comerica Park - except me. I miss the old Tiger Stadium, even though it was old. I don't like all the grandeur (and corporate signature) of the new park. Tiger Stadium had feeling and memories, and Comerica Park has... a lot of shiny, big stuff. When I go to a baseball game, I don't need shiny stuff, or bells and whistles. I just need a hot dog, a group of friends or my family, and a place to sit. Comerica Park is fancy, sure, but since when does fancy equal good baseball? People are talking about how there's so much to do at the stadium and whatnot, but that seems to me like more of an attention-span problem in America than anything else. It's a baseball game! Watch baseball! While I'm not the world's biggest baseball fan (I'd certainly never watch it on TV), there's something to be said about a day in the sun with a ballpark frank, friends, family, and two teams playing America's favorite pastime. If you want to go shopping, go to the mall. Or Comerica Park, apparently.
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