I went to the Tigers-Rockies game at Comerica Park last night. Beautiful stadium, very shiny and comfortable. It's nice to see a blighted city like Detroit have a real jewel of a place that the locals can be proud of. Overall, I've been impressed with Detroit. It's kinda cool, in a bombed-out sort of way.

I took some pictures of Tiger Stadium. It's still there, just rusting away. Along with old Boston Garden, it's one of the two venues I wish I could've seen a game at before it closed. I'm told that it's finally going to be demolished later this year, which is a shame. It would've been nice if they had kept the stadium operating for exhibitions and things like that.

But we're not that tight. I'm heading over to paypal--$20 bucks.

Now, I don't want to force my fellow DTers to do the same but I do want to urge every poster to donate a buck. That would be one dollar. We've got, what, two or three hundred loyal readers here? The man didn't cash in his memorabilia, he kept in a safe place--his home. And because of tragedy, his home was no longer safe. That's someone I want to help and you can, too.

End of Bruin pledge drive except to say this: it's a buck, people. Let's do it.

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1 This is entirely a stupid question, I'm sure, but what's to happen to the old Yankee Stadium when the new one opens? I assume they're knocking it down. I know the remodeled it in the modern era, but still, that's pretty sad. But I guess it's also sad to look at something rust and denigrate over time, and/or have to pay to maintain it.

Hmm.

Upstairs in the outfield was by far the best place to sit if you were watching a game at Tiger Stadium, IMO. They were the closest bleacher seats in baseball to the action because it was the only place where the upper deck hung over the playing field. The outfielders were standing almost directly below you. The first row of the upper deck at Tiger Stadium was arguably the best seat in all of baseball because you felt like you were almost in the middle of the playing field.

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It wasn't 440 to center in Tiger Stadium as was later revealed. It was in the 420-425 range.

Thanks for taking the last thing in the world that meant anything to me.

It's understandable to talk about pitch counts and walks as Kershaw's faults, but harping on W's is just plain stupid.

Ohhh, I think you mean the pitching statistic, wins.

Sarah's take is that he needs a demotion to regain his confidence. I think it's pretty clear that Kershaw's failure to win a game thus far has more to do with Torre wanting to limit his innings than his inability to get a win. Since Kershaw is obviously an intelligent man, I think he understands this, therefore his confidence is not likely to be a problem. His problem is inexperience. He needs to pitch in the majors, regardless of the impact on the bullpen or other less relevant factors.

Sarah's advocacy of Stults over Kershaw is a kind of grandstanding. I'm happy about Stults too, but if he fights his way into the rotation, it should be at the expense of Kuroda, Penny or Lowe going out in a trade. Or Stults himself could get traded.

Griffin's three-run homer sends 51s to win

>> Heath Totten (1-0), pitching his first game with the 51s since 2005, started and got the win. The ninth-year minor league veteran recently joined the team after his release this month from Rochester (N.Y.), the Twins' Triple-A affiliate, of the International League. <<

http://www.lvrj.com/sports/22300534.html

Pierre, LF

Ethier, RF

Martin, C

Kent, 2B

Loney, 1B

Kemp, CF

DeWitt, 3B

Berroa, SS

Billingsley, P