The Brewers lost a heartbreaker 3-2, and after the game we hung out and walked over to the right field corner. In the outfield they had statues of Tigers greats from their 106 year existence. Stainless steel action statues of greats such as Al Kaline and Ty Cobb sit next to a fountain display. In center field there is a carousal with tigers instead of horses and a Ferris wheel with baseball cars. It was added to the uniqueness of this park, but personally didn't really appeal to me. But I wasn't their target audience, so I understood why they put that stuff there. We asked a nice looking family to take our picture commemorating the 1st of hopefully many 3rd Wheel roadtrips that we will take.

During every half inning break, I stood up on the fence and raised one or two fists in the air. I was trying on television, but unless no one told me about it, I was unsuccessful. Aaron was heckling this kid next to us. The kid yelled out "Three Run Jack!" when Curtis Granderson was at the plate and Aaron said, "No, his name is CURTIS GRANDERSON." Later the kid yelled out, "jack it!" Aaron said to him, "Don't you think it's a little too warm for that?" No one is exempt from Aaron's wrath.

The Brewers got swept by the Detroit Tigers, and I mostly blame myself. Lifetime I have a terrible record when I follow the Brewers on the road, and if it wasn't for the appeal of visiting a new city and stadium, I would give it up just so the Brewers could improve their road record. Although they lost all 3 here, they won the first 3 of the roadtrip in Cleveland, giving them a 3-3 record for this trip. That's all you can really ask of your team, to go .500 on the road then having a winning record at home. We stuck around to watch Todd Coffey and Trevor Hoffman play long toss in the outfield, and I tried to get them to notice me and throw me a baseball, but I went home empty handed. Oh well.

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Oh Canada + Motown Madness - Brewers vs. Tigers in Detroit

There is either a Big Boy restaurant at the ballpark or Detroit just has a fascination with the Big Boy statue. I didn't take the time to figure out which one it was, but I did have time to pose next to it. As I was doing that, I heard a person walking by say, "That's a Big Boy!" (like "That's a Huge Bitch!" from Deuce Bigalow) but I hope he was talking about the statue and not me. Aaron also posed next to the statue, but no one yelled out, "That's a Tall Bitch!" Maybe they were talking about me. Assholes...