Opening Day, 2020, and Detroit’s weather is cold as fans jam Comerica Park. The folks are drinking coffee after they perhaps had been quaffing something else on a morning famed for its revelry and for its brisk signal that spring and baseball have returned to Michigan.
Tigers followers are excited, but also nervous. This team is brand new. Isaac Paredes is at third base. Willi Castro is at shortstop. Kody Clemens is playing second base, and there are two new kid starters in the outfield, alongside second-year player Christin Stewart.
Daz Cameron is planted in center. Danny Woodrow is starting in right field.