Detroit — Probably because this summer has been distressing, more distressing than any summer from my lifetime — OK, it has to do with our nation — Thursday’s game at Comerica Park was well-timed.
The Tigers aren’t going to the playoffs. But baseball has never been more important to a city, nor maybe to a country. You could sense as much on a summer day straight from Normal Rockwell as the Tigers beat the Giants, 6-2.
There was a nice turnout (27,210) for one of those games that pleases a hometown crowd, first inning through the ninth.