http://tomferda.com Sportswriter Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:48:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/tiger-stadium-demolished-but-not-the-memories/ http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/tiger-stadium-demolished-but-not-the-memories/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:31:30 +0000 Tom Ferda http://tomferda.com/?p=12 DETROIT - Witnessing the demolition of Detroit's historic ballpark, Tiger Stadium, is like attending the burial of a loved one. While we cannot stop death from consuming one's final breath and beat of a heart, we can never allow it to pilfer the memories. At the corner of Michigan and Trumbull, demolition experts and heavy machinery continue to flatten Tiger Stadium, one beam and support at a time. Those bulldozers may rip the concrete and riveted steel girders out of that structure and bury it in a nearby landfill, but it will never purge the heart and soul out of that ballpark.]]> http://tomferda.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/tiger-stadium-demolished-but-not-the-memories/feed/ 0