LA Dodgers at Detroit

ComericA Park -- Detroit, Mich.

The home team Tigers captured tonight's game, 5-0. Here's the Detroit Free Press's take on the game.

There wasn't much excitement to the game, except for a short bench-clearing incident late in the game. No punches were thrown, though, so it wasn't all that exciting.

Unfortunately, I think this was my least favorite park so far. It might've been because our seats weren't as good as at the first two parks. We sat in left field, just to the right of the foul pole as we were facing home. The pole got in the way a few times. Still, there were a few good plays we had a good vantage point for, like Marcus Thames amazing running catch that caused him to slam into the wall in left and a home run blast from Magglio Ordonez that landed one row back and about 10 seats to the left of L and I (A).

The inside of ComericA was ... meh. It was seemingly cavernous, and besides the centerfield statues and batter's eye, it was kind bland. It seemed much bigger and less intimate than the first two ballparks, like it was a college football stadium instead of an MLB park.

The outside of the park was nice, though. Stay tuned for pictures. The massive tigers at the entrance are cool. Also, the team does a good job of chronicling its history with a bunch of historical pictorials placed at intervals throughout the concourse level.

Right now -- 1:58 a.m. on Saturday -- E and C are out with C's friends. L and I are crashing on C's friend's house's couches. I'm exhausted and didn't much feel like hanging out at another bar. L used up all his drinking fun last night with four Long Island Iced Teas. Unfortunately, I deleted some of the pics that I took of L falling asleep on a patio chair outside of the bar last night. He seems much happier now that he's sober and sleeping on the couch next to me. I can't wait to go to sleep.

Tomorrow we've got a decent length drive over to Cincinnati for the Reds vs. Red Sux. The young phenom Volquez is on the hill for the Reds, taking on the wily old knuckleballing veteran Tim Wakefield for the Sux.

E and I were lucky enough to meet up with E's wife's (my bff) former co-worker and current friend LG at the park and at the bars. She seemed happy as heck, and we had a good time with her. It was good to see her. I hadn't seen her since E's wedding.

Well, this is short, but we're on the road in about seven hours and I'm driving. E and C should be home soon (bar closing is 2 a.m. here in Rock City). I'll post the photos tomorrow.