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TIGER
STADIUM CLOSES DOWN
 The
Detroit Tigers stadium has been around for 88 baseball seasons.
It opened its doors in 1912. Now, this week the last ballgame
was played inside the park walls.
The
last game in Tiger Stadium was the Detroit Tigers -vs- the Kansas
City Royals. The Tigers won the game 8 - 2.
Every
Detroit Tiger starting player wore a number of one of the all-time
great Detroit Tiger players. Tiger center fielder Gabe Kapler
wore no number to honor Ty Cobb. Karum Garcia wore No. 6 to honor
Al Kaline and he smacked a two-run homerun while wearing that
number.
Bud
Selig, who is the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, was one
of the 43,356 fans who were at the stadium to watch the game.
Also, about 50 former players were part of the action after the
game was over.
Starting
next year, the Detroit Tigers will play their games in the new
Comerica Park.
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