Head just a few blocks northeast of the Freep’s home office, over to the corner — but not The Corner, of course — of Brush and Madison streets. If you look to the north (uh, away from Canada), just past the Gem Theatre, the Elwood Bar and the 36th District Court building, you’ll get an in-real-life example of the metaphorical decision Detroit sports fans face every August and September.
On the left side of Brush, there’s Comerica Park, where once again our hopes for a late summer and early fall of respectability (to say nothing of playoffs) from the Detroit Tigers lay withering on the vine.