Steve V. Ranks the Rogers Centre

Here is Steve V.’s scores from our visit to Rogers Centre: Food and Beverage – 4.5 The barbeque chicken nachos were excellent. I also thought the steak at Jack Astors was quite good for the money. The only thing holding Toronto back from a 5 were the beer prices. Stadium Condition – 4.0 Given it’s [...]

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Porcello, Perry to accompany Tigers to Toronto

You’ll have to excuse me. I am going to unleash my homeristic tendencies for just a second, even though I strive for impartiality on this blog. The Detroit Tigers just announced that Ryan Perry and Rick Porcello have made the Opening Day roster. If the chips falls correctly, that means we’ll see Porcello’s big league [...]

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Citi Field will not be Shea Stadium

The only link worth passing along this week is the New York Times’ review of Citi Field. As you could tell by our scores, we came away less-than impressed with Shea Stadium, and it became clear that the outdated structure had to go. Obviously we didn’t have an emotional attachment to it, but a little [...]

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Bill Gullickson’s Spirit Lives Inside All Of Us

I can hardly believe this. Last night we received another visitor to our blog via a Bill Gullickson search. Who knew ex-journeymen pitchers were so popular? I’m telling you – my idea to ditch the stadium tour idea and turn this into a Bill Gullickson-themed blog is slowly gaining steam. I’ll let you know how [...]

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One Night Stands

I’m excited to write that we’ve finally decided upon Rogers Centre in Toronto for the first part of our 2009 trip, but we’ll explain more in a post-to-be-posted once we’ve shored up the details. (I am at liberty to say that the Toronto Blue Jays will be playing our beloved Detroit Tigers.) For the second [...]

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Citi Field & Yankee Stadium Links

In 2009, only two new stadiums will be christened on Opening Day: the new Yankee Stadium, and Citi Field. And if you’re one of the three readers who regularly use this blog, you will remember that last year we visited Shea Stadium and the old Yankee Stadium to pay our respects. Of course, this means [...]

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We’re feeling Minnesota.

As of this very moment, it appears we’re leaning toward a trip to the great state of Minnesota to see a game at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome before they tear it down and replace it with Target Field. We wavered back-and-forth between the Homer Dome and the SkyDome, but we figured the SkyDome will [...]

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Might as well change the name to ‘Soxtober’

If the Tampa Bay Rays and their fans thought this Fall baseball thing was easier than everyone made it out to be, they were wrong. Welcome to October baseball. This is what happens when you play at Fenway Park when the leaves are changing and the home team has its back against the wall. Ordinary [...]

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The Dugout feat. Jim Thome

I’m not sure, exactly, what this is, but I followed a link from Deadspin and stumbled upon what is the funniest thing I’ve read online in years. If you can decipher it, more power to ya. But why not just enjoy it for what it is: whatever that is.

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Tigers Season Reduced to Spoiler

If you’re of the same opinion as us, the preseason sheen on the Detroit Tigers wore off exactly seven games into the 2008 season, and it’s been all downhill from there. But today’s makeup game against the Chicago White Sox gives Tigers fans the chance to watch at least one meaningful game played before they [...]

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