Last Game at Tiger Stadium (part 1)

[CometsMasterJF]

I'm so sad that I was only 2 when I saw my only game at Tiger Stadium. My dad told me when I asked him what happened at the game that the Tigers won so that's cool.

[Michigan1985]

I have a glass full of dirt from home plate from the last "kids run the bases day" the tiger stadium had. I miss the historic feel everywhere you went in this stadium.

[Grapes428]

I was at a game here in 1992 while traveling through and they played the White Sox and I remember Robin Ventura hitting a HR to deep center field, which was a section over from where I was sitting. A fan next to me was telling me how rare it was for a HR to be hit to center field at Tiger Stadium.

[highonbetter]

Im not nostalgic ,i dont have good memories of tiger stadium,sitting up in the bleachers,sweating ,Those old blue walkways,that were littered with popcorn,atleast we have comerica now

[unionlanding]

I have two quiestions. On in the video I have of the last game I notice the sign in the background kept changing. Did they have a changing sign there. I know they didnt have it when I was last there in 1975. (2). According they the internet they finished the demelotion of tiger stadium in 1999. But part of it was still standing when I was last up there in 2010. What ever happened to the old place?

[acbluestone]

great footage. i'm truley sorry that ol' shrine doesn't host the tigers anymore. i'm sorry for the fans. what a neat place. thanks for the post:)

[patzer479]

You really did a nice job of capturing the feel of this ballpark. Interesting note; when the Minnesota Twins played their last game at Metropolitan Stadium in 1981, they also played the Royals.

[sarge5121976]

i miss this stadium

[MFFL2008]

This along with Yankee Stadium are 2 places I deeply regret not getting to go see a baseball game at...

[gostate009]

i was at either this game or the second to last game here. It was also my first

[WWEJR88Fan]

Such a damn shame all the old stadiums and arena's have been torn down just cause of lousy ass money and projects to replace them

[danzax1]

I was in the bleachers for this game. This brings me back. Way to capture Fick's grand slam on camera. That was one of the happiest and saddest moments of my life.

[btn2271984]

This makes me wanna cry.

[tylerswrestlingshow]

i broke in their like a month before it was demolished so sad to see it leave

[Michigan1985]

I miss the tiger stadium.  :(

[Bj23874]

ya it was falling apart, and smelled and was dirty etc. etc. to me tho it was the best fuckin place on earth

[rhelminiak]

Awesome video man.

[EagleLC21]

The only game I ever saw at Tiger Stadium was in the last year there, 1999. I was 7 years old and we played the White Sox. I vaguely remember the obstructed seating and even then I could tell it was a historic, classic place.

[bzurvalec]

What an honor it must have been to take the field for this one. The last game at historic Tiger Stadium. So many great childhood memories. In the end though, I think most of us can agree that the time had come for a new stadium. All great things must come to an end.

[gerfall]

First ever Tigers game was at this stadium back in 2000. I was 6 years old.

[DimebagDarrellCFH13]

@gerfall

Wasnt here Tiger Stadium closed September 27,1999 Todd Jones threw the last pitch to Carlos Beletran and struck him out on a 2-2 Curveball. The Tigers won 8-2

[gerfall]

@DimebagDarrellCFH13 Then it was 1999. I know for a fact it was in Tiger Stadium. I was young so I doubt I could remember.

[7redsox46]

Wow, great video. Makes me wish i had gone to the old ballparks. Thanks for sharing.

[thebig1]

Who were they playing in this game...the Rangers?

[EagleLC21]

@thebig1 Kansas City Royals

[yellowrunn3r]

man....this place was so cool. i remember going here when i was a little kid. I went to the 3rd to last game there when i was 10 with my dad.

[alashieve]

I do not miss the obstructed views. Comerica is so much better than Tiger Stadium.

[vikingluv7]

@alashieve - Comerica park is awful, its not a baseball park, stupid condo developers design that cooke-cutter dump..  It's too big and so far away from the field, Hitting a homer is boring in that cow pasture. So what, if there was obstructed views at Tiger Stadium, at it was magic place. It was Detroit Rock City.

[gochiefs83]

Thank you for posting this, this is awesome.

[RayAir1]

Yeah there were the memories, but that place a smelly dump.

[armanico04]

at 1:27 'hey fred look what they did in the shitter' LMAO!!

[socra66]

Tiger Stadium just had a different sound to it. Listening to the radio broadcasts, you could litteraly hear bits and pieces of the crowd talking. Going to a ball game will never be the same again. Upper deck seats at Tiger Stadium were much closer than those at Comerica Park. I am glad I took lots of video my last few visits to the park.

[sportsmania21]

I saw my first baseball game here vs the Mariners. Kinda too young to remember it but its a shame another classic stadium is gone!

[Bubba33Thomas]

This was the greatest place to watch a game . . . I loved every time I went there as a kid and as an adult!

Thanks for posting!

[pettyofficer30]

Being in that Stadium was like no other. When I was a young kid we would always go to Tiger Stadium. Their is no reason in hell why they could not have kept it.

[bryanguy1]

it's a tea party protest I dont see any black folk this is detroit right?

[DetroitBorn76]

Haunting video...I spent so many Sat afternoons with my Dad at games. Seeing it comming down last summer when I came home for a visit was like seeing an old friend dieing,

A little belated but  THANK YOU for this video!

[tmua23]

Geez, it makes you wanna cry, you know? Kinda like the last scene in field of dreams or something. I remember watching games there when I was a little boy. I work in sports broadcasting now and it's all because of summer nights in Grand Rapids, MI listening to Ernie Harwell.

[wingsman26]

Thank you for recording this, nice work. <3 the memories!!!

[woodington08]

i  am sitting 3rd base box seat. i am the drunk 1

[axlsbrain]

this stadium was a proper representation of the city, the oldest ballpark in the US, and it felt like baseball when you went there. and what did they do? they built another cookie cutter stadium that looks like every other new ballpark in the country, and they destroyed all of the wonderful and unique history that the stadium created over a span of 90 years. at least build a new stadium replica, like the yankees did. i don't care how clean comerica is, it will never compare. anyone feelin this?

[tennforever]

Yeh, axisbrain...you described it right. The politicians and big money idiots don't care about tradition, history...only more money. I've sat in every corner of that ballpark and loved every minute. I will never walk into Comerica Park ( stupid name anyhow.) By the way, anybody got a video of the last game, I'd pay cash money for a copy....I'm serious.

[cletozub]

I'm an architect and it's sad. This is one of my favorite stadium designs. Ok they build a new one.. WHY demolish the old one??.. I mean USA is not Japan where every square feet is gold.

It's sad to know big money idiots only care for the profit, not the spirit of baseball...

[erictol6]

I feel ya bro... Im an Indian fan got to love the stadium during the 90's when the Jake was always sold out detroit was a closer drive always had tickets left and during those years detroit games were like home games for thr tribe....

This video does choke me up a little bit...gotta hold back a tear

[vikingluv7]

@axlsbrain Exactly, Comerica park is poorly designed. It's for fathead sheep suburbia morons. Some crap mall designer build it, cookie-cutter dump, Illitch's fault. It's a huge cow pasture and the seats are soooo far from the field. The new Yankee Stadium plays just like the old one. real nice. Out of the new parks, Astros field is real cool. has nice overhang in left with great design. Twins new park is awful huge cow-pasture dump as well! These stadium designers are should be fired!

[CubsFan2812]

10 years to this day

[POLICESUPPORT]

Thta was a great place it was there ever scince I was born and I even have dirt from here and im keeping that forever.

Nice video I hate seeing this go I also bought benches from here:)

[jakowellmo13]

dude i got dirt from there too!

Only mines on my pants. I got it from a local field

[frosh91]

Great videos

[fulloutshred]

were those throwback jerseys or did they not have names on their jerseys this year?

[barnztormre]

For the last game, all the players wore numbers honoring Tigers greats: Karim Garcia (uggh) wore #6 to honor Al Kaline for instance. One exception: as seen at 6:13 Gabe Kapler wore no number to honor Ty Cobb.

I paid $120 on eBay for a pair of upper deck LF obstructed view, last row. ($8 face) My back was against concrete. Not only was it worth every penny, I'd have paid double that.

[fulloutshred]

that's awesome. i think i might have the broadcast for that game on cassette tape somewhere.

[DouglasEdward84]

I loved watching the Jays and Tigers play here, what a classic ballpark the flag pole in center field was awesome

[she9829]

Tiger Stadium was great. Lots of memeories that will stick with me forever.

[thedynamic35]

Fuck Yankee Stadium, Fuck Fenway, Fuck Wrigly, Fuck Em All. Tigers Stadium forever

[CubsFan2812]

I dont appreciate that. Yankee and Fenway are not cool. But coming from a die-hard true cubs fan, Wrigley is the best. And coming from a Tigers fan, Tiger stadium is a close second best and is one of the best stadiums ever built.

[adpainter77]

You probably already know this by now, but just in case you didn't they preserved the field and the stands and area behind home plate for little league games and tournaments which is awesome. A little bit is better than nothing especially when it comes to Tiger Stadium.

[baseballeddie1177]

Is that why i am seeing a small amount of stadium standing ? thx for the info and I agree a little left is better than nothing.

[swimstaryup]

i remember going to this stadium many times when i was little some of my best memories

[Kruzn79]

darcyharold == your not even from Detroit A!! JUST STAY IN CANADA A.CANA DHA LOL. ILL SPELL THE WAY THE DETROIT SCHOOLS THOUGHT ME .

[sofaking27]

thanks for posting, great baseball history!!

[darcyharold]

Wow are you ever an idiot. Learn how to spell before you throw out insults.

[baseballeddie1177]

actually obama gave 1.7 million stimulus money to save the stadium for a museum project.

[11leverhume]

i loved that stadium.........this is sad to watch

[RaptoRsAreTecMo]

greatest stadium ever in baseball

[quest8899]

that stadium is old school

[woodstock12345678910]

man 12 bucks for those seats. those are good man i wish it was still like that today man,

[Lujgirlplayer]

I took a road trip from Chicago to see old Tiger Stadium that last season. It was beautiful--I felt like I went back in time to the golden era of baseball. It gave me the same feeling as old Comiskey with the double decked grandstands all the way around. New parks just don't equal the old.

[udhoop]

It may have been old and had some obstructive seating but I loved that stadium! And that was a great game. I remember Al Kaline was calling the game and he told Fick that he was going to homer that night...and sure enough!

RIP George & The Bird!

[softshoes]

I suppose nothing lasts forever but I will surely miss this place. My first game coming up from under the stands and seeing the field that first time, the green almost hurt your eyes.

I would also like to send condolences to the Fidrych family on this sad day with the passing of Mark. Sad day for Detroit and for baseball with his passing.

[GriffsFanChris]

Thats exactly how I remember it as a kid. The concourses felt like you were in a cave, but walking out of the tunnel, it felt like the stadium just opened up in front of you, with all the green grass and blue seats. I got that every time I went to Tiger Stadium. Never have at Comerica Park.

[baseballeddie1177]

U R quite true. That stadium was intimate and traditional; comerica lacks character and intimacy.John mchale screwed comerica over with bad design and lack of public input; thats why he was shown the door.

[funkagent]

What a shame the way they let that place go. Pathetic.

[j22willie]

Why would you blame Mike Illitch? Is it because he moved the team into a revamped part of Detroit? Or is it because he was instrumental in giving the Tigers a beautiful stadium to play in that was almost christened by a world series victory?

Go Tigers!!!

[chaz7r]

I cant believe its been ten years. Baseball will never be the same in detroit

[pladsailboat331]

someone please tell me how to upload vids on the computer where all vids are put together like this and switch scenes just as fast

[christof139]

Bleacher Creatures forever!!! Right underneath the Budweiser billboard I think it was. Saw the homerun that hit the top of the lumberyard across the street. It was awesome.

[christof139]

Graet video and thanx for the memories. I am in my mid 50's and this stirred some emothions. Now, only 1/2 of Tiger Stadium is standing. Never should have torn it down and just modernized it. A great place in Baseball history. I was at the first game in 1984 when 'The Wave' was started.

[NetsFan2k]

when was this game?

[pladsailboat331]

i know 4 people who were at that game

i was at the 3rd to last game when i was 5

my dad and sister were at that game though

i just saw what was remaining of tiger stadium last weekend

i never got to see it when it was being destroyed but i really wanted too

my dad is going to take me back there though to get some good pics

i'm just gonna jump the fence and sprint into that place though i hopefully shouldnt get caught

if i do they should understand just want some pics or video

[athletics57]

that was against the angels right ? my cousins went to that game were from the bay area in california he still has the tickets

[sc88aa]

no it was vs. the royals

[athletics57]

oh cool. haha those tickets look pretty sick when i saw them

[discolando]

Memories are great, but eventually all buildings turn into dumps. Even the Yankees finally figured that out.

[dennis040404]

surprisingly, its a shame

[Michlimania]

God Bless you for this video. We were there that day, Sept. 27th, 1999...I walked with Kirk Gibson to the stadium from CoarkTown, Jack Morris signed my ticket and we sat by Gordie Howe. We arrived and started tailgating at 9:00am. It was 87 degrees and sunny. I missed Fick's homer in the old bathrooms with the sink like urinals. Memories, oh memories...what a day in the life of any fan.

[CubsFan2812]

I was at that game

[Two11two]

Comerica Park is nice, but Tiger Stadium was legendary. There was a feeling that you got walking in there, through the dark concourses and up the ramps, and suddenley the park "opened up" before your eyes. I wish Comerica was more like Tiger stadium, but its a radical departure.

[Hiei2k7]

I forgot the completely short fence all the way around Tiger Stadium And of course Comerica has it's own short shot alley, with the bullpens in Left.

[aaronrn1978]

have to drive by the stadium every day and see a few more feet gone...so sad...so many memories

[kidzero22]

let's go dodgers

[littlemonster2x2]

ya that stadium was tight. Comerica isnt to great but its not bad. The best park is Fenway by far! Don't judge it if you havn't been there.

[TIMMF65]

its ironic that it was the tigers who played the orioles at their final game at memorial stadium

[fmaske]

Wow, how's this for crazy--I was there for that series, too!

(No plans on posting that video, I was 14 and at the height of my dorkdom.)

[TigersFan923]

gjs78, right, and it's so big who can hit a home run at Comerica Park.

[fmaske]

Well, to be fair, pretty much everyone in their lineup right now. :) That being said, Comerica would look great with an overhanging upper deck down the right field line. "Gibby's Porch."

[adamrr52]

sheff couldn't hit a homerun there. he wouldn't be able to hit water if he was on a boat

[ReturnofRetroBoy]

Too perfect that Fick would give fans one last salami to go nuts over on the final night.

[Jakearijuana]

lol robert fick?

robert who?

[gjs78]

Comerica Park Sucks!

Ticket Prices too high; Most Families can't afford it; Mostly Corporate Fans at Comerica Park

Thanks Mafia Mike Ilitch

[go30tigers7]

It's pretty sad that they are going to tear down this piece of history and something near and dear to many Tigers fans hearts, just to put in a bank or a strip mall : [[ It pisses me off.

[pimpaho29]

Damn Its too bad to see these old places go out. Yeah fenway and yankee stadiums still stand but this place always made me turn the tv on no matter how bad the o's sucked being a b-more fan when ever they went to tiger stadium it was always just a good game to watch 440 to center maybe never heard of again!!

[johnnyv1938]

I miss that stadium, my most memorable game ther was Mickey Mantle remembrance day(saturday after the Mick passed on)Toronto played the Tigers and i had to sit through a 3 hour rain delay. Great times at old tiger Stadium.

[DaveJ721]

I was at that game...in the lower deck behind third base....sigh.

[XAVIXguy]

who were they playing?

[fmaske]

KC Royals.

[klyydsdale]

Great amateur video. The crowd silhouetted against the field. It is everything baseball stands for. Great job my friend, great job.

It is such a shame... What could have been done with such an historical landmark.

[fmaske]

Thank you very much! Was a self-trained videographer back in the day. My wedding videos weren't nearly as exciting, but they were pretty darn good.

When I hit the lottery, I'll make a bid on the stadium. (Right now, I'd settle for Grilli getting out of an inning with no damage!)

[sixstringer66]

I remember going there in the middle to late 80's... a couple memories that stand out are the double wave. one in the upper deck and one in the lower deck, going the same way AND going opposite directions...

The other fond memory is from sitting near the tigers dugout and watching the whole left side of the bleachers yell and point to the right side saying "TASTE GREAT" and the right side doing that to the left side yelling "LESS FILLING". that is something I will never forget.

[GaryBoy54]

Thats the unfortunate thing- the old stadiums had an aura but we forget the inconvienences.

As you say better for the fan but not better to be or play in.

It will be a shame when they tear down because from my day I remember so many great Norm Cash-Jim Northrup and even Jason (WHO?) Thompson home runs when watching them on TV.

That right field upper deck was the classic and the Tigers could have duplicated that as the Rangers did in Texas.

[9sec2valve]

I miss going there, Comerica park just don't have the same feel that tiger stadium had!!!

But Comerica it is a better ballpark for the fans.

[GaryBoy54]

AWESOME- AWESOME PLACE- While not a Tigers fan I always rooted for them to do well-especially agaisnt the Yankees.

This place was great-too bad its left to just die while crowds at Comerica will diminish.

[sccrdd483]

crowds diminish? They're getting bigger.

[samh0711]

Great Video

Simply Awesome

[hockey18nhl]

I got goosebumps watching this

[rossmwheatley]

Hey also you should burn it to a dvd and sell some on e-bay at decent prices, I'd pay $10 before shipping for a copy

[rossmwheatley]

Thanks for loading this. I was there, and it was beautiful. I'm tearing up watching that grand slam again. One of the best things I have ever witnessed.

[yawkeyway04]

wow this is a cool video.

[yeshuaserver]

I actually LIKE Comerica Park....still think Tiger Stadium should be a basebal museum or something

[DaveJ721]

The Tigers should have moved to The Pontiac Silverdome for a few years and renovated Tiger Stadium.

:(

[Sundevilhp29]

You are very fortunate to be able to say you were there... looking back on it now, I would pay any price to be there. You don't really realize what you have until you don't have it anymore.

[SquishyK]

Tiger Stadium = Best ballpark ever built.

Comerica Park = One of the worst ballparks ever constructed.

[Kathi07]

Miss the great days of the old stadium.Went with my Dad in the late 50s

[quincy2pb]

Always wanted to go to a Tiger's game in the old stadium and this is the closest I will get.

[JOEPY3]

What A GEM!!! It sure was great being a Bleacher Creature. for $2 dollars you got a to watch a baseball game along with an average of 3 fights a night!!!

[Marty718]

Thanks very nice oh the Memories

[hetherington1978]

I got goosebumps after Fick's moon shot. I was there and it was great! Thanks for posting this!

[glory789]

Todd Jones, the only Tiger left from that team.

[tccameron]

goosebumps watching Fick's big shot to the roof. He gave it a long look, too...