A game to watch the hometown Minnesota Twins closed out the eight-day, eight-game Midwest baseball road trip. This would also be the second game in a row with my friend, Ernie, who would be moving to New Mexico.
It was still raining through the Midwest but this time we were indoors for the sixth game of our eight-day, eight-game Midwest baseball road trip.
Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
A rainout in Cleveland rewards us with two in Detroit.
The previous day, we had driven from Chicago to Cleveland through constant rain. Just as we had arrived and the sun came out, the game at Progressive Field was postponed and would be rescheduled as part of a doubleheader the following game. Fortunately, the Tigers game was also postponed and rescheduled as a doubleheader. Thus, we would drive from Cleveland to Detroit for the fourth and fifth games of our eight-day, eight-game Midwest baseball road trip.
Tiger Statues
Tigers statues at the entrances of Comerica Park present as a unique feature that welcome fans to the ballpark.
Section 321 (upper level behind home plate)
The upper level behind home plate offers a bird’s eye view of the game with the downtown Detroit backdrop.
Tiger’s Den (Patio seats on lower level behind home plate)
Comerica Park offers a premium seating option of patio seats, wider seating with the convenience of a table in between seats to rest your food and beverages.
Little Caesar’s Pizza
Little Caesar’s Pizza is prominently displayed all throughout the ballpark with options to get a personal pan or to order a full-size pizza.
In addition to Little Caesar’s, Comerica also offers a premium foods as well as your typical ballpark fare.
We have an early Monday day game for the third of our eight-day, eight-game Midwest baseball road trip. Weather in Chicago was the complete opposite of the day before in St. Louis: cloudy, wet, and rain on-and-off throughout the day.
Guaranteed Rate Field has plenty of lots for parking so we drove straight from the hotel.
Dylan Cease would pitch seven inning and throw 11 strikeouts on the way to a White Sox 3-0 win.
Personally, I was hoping to see Shohei Ohtani start but he would only come in as a late-inning pinch-hitter and proceed to ground out.
Champions Plaza is an area outside of the main gate that honors the 2005 Chicago White Sox World Series Championship team. The monument featuring Paul Konerko and Joe Crede highlight the plaza.
We got these seats very cheap but, with low attendance on a cold wet day game, we moved much closer along the 3rd base side.
Guaranteed Rate Field has probably the widest selection of foods for all Major League ballparks. Almost any choice of food at the ballpark will be a great choice, but avoid the pizza.
We made the early Sunday morning drive from Kansas City to St. Louis for the second game of our eight-day, eight-game Midwest baseball road trip.
Sunday morning also means free street parking which also means we need to get there early enough to get a good spot. On this sunny Sunday, we walked around downtown St. Louis and through Baseball Village before entering through the gates at Busch Stadium.
The 2022 season would be both Albert Pujols’ and Yadier Molina’s final season. Molina would have the day off but we got to see Pujols one last time start at first base.
The game in Kansas City was the first of an eight-day, eight-game Midwest baseball road trip. Yankees fans travel and I’d say about half of the ballpark was filled with Yankees fans.
Coming out of the pandemic, Colorado was a good vacation location for Denver and the nearby mountain locations. It was also a good time to see Coors Field for the first time.
The purple row of seats in the upper level that encircle the ballpark mark an elevation of 5,280 feet (or one-mile high) above sea level. Coors Field is Major League Baseball’s highest ballpark and the mile high seats accentuate this feature.
The seats past the center field wall, also known as the Rockpile, are Coors Field’s most affordable seating.
