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My grandfather on my mother's side was a huge Tigers fan. He and other family members traveled to the '68 series. Growing up in the 70's - 80's whenever we visited them in the summer, a Tigers game was ALWAYS on the radio in playing quietly right behind my grandpa's lazyboy chair. I went in probably the early 70's with him to a couple games in the old stadium. I remember walking in a sketchy part of town from our car to the stadium.
My grandpa had a stroke in the early 2000's. He was in a wheelchair but I took him to a night game in the new stadium. We got to park right up close and had decent enough seats in an area reserved for wheelchairs. By the time I got him home late that night to NW Ohio, he was beat after that excursion and a year later he ended up in a nursing home..... but he talked about his "first grandson" taking him to the new stadium to all his nurses during his short remaining time thereafter.
The memories of my grandpa and the Tigers will forever bring a smile to my face.
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