Kaline finished with 399 homers. Alan Trammell played 20 seasons of baseball at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull.
Some people collect patches of sod or slats off ballpark seats.
I collect ballparks, and by latest count, I have watched baseball in 42 major-league parks from Anaheim Stadium to Yankee Stadium. And my souvenirs consist singularly of memories. And that is all I will take from Tiger Stadium. I shall not take dirt, I shall not filch a urinal. Sentimental me, the memory I cherish most was the first time I was assigned to cover a ballgame as a sports writer.