Detroit Tigers' Opening Day win elicits a sun-soaked fan celebration
Even before the game was over, the atmosphere in Comerica Park was different from a Tuesday night game in July. Something else was in the air.
Detroit ― A jammed ballpark sporting red-white-and-blue bunting. A sea of caps adorned with old English D’s. Expectations higher than the military jets flying over the stadium before the game.
Even the weather was baseball-ready. Opening Day is one of the sweetest days in sports, and nowhere was that truer than Friday in a sports-crazy metropolis like Detroit. A 4-0 win by the Tigers over the St.
Louis Cardinals made the day even sweeter still. “Woooooo,” Janet Jefferson of Macomb Township exclaimed after the final pitch, although the number of “o’s” was difficult to calculate. “We going all the way this year, and you can quote me.
” More: Tigers pitchers put clamps on Cardinals for Opening Day triumph The combination of a home opener and a Tigers victory had fans giddy. Monica Donias of Davison was so excited that she made Tigers posters for her family’s tailgate party this year. “It’s just been amazing how much this team has grown and how amazing they’re doing,” she said.
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