It's been a whirlwind couple of days this past weekend. I finally made it out of Kalamazoo for a couple days (I've been there for at least a couple months straight) and headed over to Ann Arbor/Detroit to cover the WMU-Michigan hockey series. The Wolverines were ranked No. 3 in the nation before the game and it looked as if the Broncos had their hands full against a well-rested team.
Well, they did. The Broncos dropped two straight to the Wolverines, 5-2 and 6-1 on Friday and Saturday night, respectively. The U-M sweep abruptly ended WMU's season. The Broncos fought valiantly, but Michigan just overwhelmed them. The Broncos were in the game Friday night up until the last few minutes, but Michigan pulled away at the end. Big starts killed the Brown and Gold both nights. U-M jumped out to 3-0 leads after the first period each night.
While in Detroit, I went with Drew to Joe Louis Arena Saturday morning. They ran a blood drive and people wishing to donate their blood received free tickets to a future Red Wings' game this season. It was the first time that I've ever been to the Joe and hopefully it won't be the last. It's a shame that I still have never witnessed a game in person. I certainly have seen many college hockey games, but still no NHL games.
We also took the chance to travel past what's left of Tiger Stadium. As you can see from the picture above, most of the stadium is completely gone. What remains is a small portion of the stadium behind home plate and the lonely foul poll, still standing upright in it's spot in center field. It had been a long time since I had seen the stadium and first since they started tearing it down, so it was very eerie to see the stadium in that state. Hopefully, the city of Detroit will make all the right decisions in deciding what to do when it comes to the property.
Today was freakishly warm. Corey and I even went outside today and tossed the frisbee around for a few minutes. Tomorrow's weather is even supposed to be better -- 72 degrees! I didn't wear a jacket today and it doesn't sound like I'll need one tomorrow too. I know it'll probably get chilly again, but spring seems to be fighting it's way into our lives. Hooray!
The Tigers are on TV Monday (today). They play the Cardinals at 1 p.m., so be sure to check it out. This is one of three (I think) games that are being televised during spring training. It'll be good to hear the voices of Rod Allen and Mario Impemba once again.
No comments:
Post a Comment