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Opening Day could have been Christmas in July for vendors, but they won't be present

Detroit Tigers' March 30 home opener was canceled due to the coronavirus, so we recreated photos from past years at Comerica Park. Their home opener was rescheduled for July 27 vs. K.C. Detroit Free Press

Nothing could have kept Amzie Griffin from working his 61st straight Opening Day.

Nothing, that is, except a virulent virus that swept across the planet, causing a global pandemic that has so far infected millions of people and killed hundreds of thousands while upending life in a way the world hasn't seen for more than a century.

Some might say that entitles Griffin to count 2021 as his 61st consecutive Opening Day hawking comestibles and keepsakes on the concourse at the ol' ballpark.