It's all part of the hoopla that will surround each Tiger homer at the new park, which opens next season. But it's also an effort to juice up baseball for kids more familiar with MTV than America's pastime. In addition to the ballgame, Comerica Park will offer amusements, including a Ferris wheel and an all-tiger carousel, to lure future patrons. For the casual fans, the team offers some whimsical elements. More tigers lurch from the parapet, and tiger stripes are carved into the concrete around the building.
Tiger heads hold illuminated baseballs in their jaws to help light the park.
A theme of tigers and tradition runs through the new field. Cobb is depicted sliding under a tag. Kaline stretches for a catch in right. Greenberg strokes a homer. Pictures of past players, plus uniforms and relics of the periods, will be displayed on the giant bats.