Any other year, by the late afternoon of the first Detroit Tigers home game at Comerica Park, many fans are making their way back home.
Maybe a few fans are waking up from a nap that started during the game after an – ahem – eventful tailgate morning.
And maybe fans are settling in, after shedding off their winter gear, to a local watering hole for a postgame meal and drink.
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As we all know, that's not this year.