Hardcover
ISBN: 9780814325124
Pages: 512 Size: 6 x 9
Illustrations: 178 b&w illus.
Review
Her days are numbered now as a new Detroit ballpark is ready for construction. But the grande dame at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull has had her share of terrific memories, many of which are recalled in this copiously illustrated salute to one of baseball's unique show palaces.
— USA Today Baseball Weekly
On April 28, 1896, baseball fans traveled in horse-drawn buggies to watch the Detroit Tigers play their first baseball game at the site on the corner of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues. Starting out as Bennett Park, a wooden facility with trees growing in the outfield, Tiger Stadium has played a central role in the lives of millions of Detroiters and their families for more than a century.
During the last century, millions of fans have come to Michigan and Trumbull to watch the Tigers' 7,800 home games, as well as to attend numerous other sporting, social, and civic events, including high school, collegiate, and professional football games, prep and Negro league baseball contests, political rallies, concerts, and boxing and soccer matches.
A companion to the narrative history, almost two hundred rare photographs capture the spirit of 140 years of baseball in Detroit. A Place for Summer furnishes a sense of the relationship between the community, its teams, and the various fields, parks, and stadiums that have served as common ground for generations of Detroiters.
Her days are numbered now as a new Detroit ballpark is ready for construction. But the grande dame at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull has had her share of terrific memories, many of which are recalled in this copiously illustrated salute to one of baseball's unique show palaces.
– USA Today Baseball Weekly
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1999 Michigan Notable Book Awards - Result: Read Michigan Selection