April in the D

OK, so technically April in the D is over, as it is May, but this post is about Opening Day, which was during April in the D... so, I think it counts.

It was a beautiful sunny, and actually quite warm for Detroit in April day at the ballpark. We were ready for baseball! And to try to take pictures of the scoreboard the very second it went to black...

That's better! Happy Opening Day! Sadly we weren't in our normal seats, so we didn't get to see all of our baseball family. Plus we had tickets to Saturday, but we got to hang out in a suite instead, so we missed them again. One of these days I'll be home to see them again ;)

American League Champs on the dugouts :)

Lil Sis and I rocking our Tigers hats to keep the sun out of our eyes.

American League Champs banner unveiling

And it's magically, immediately up on the flagpole in the outfield!

Check out the GVSU sign downtown!

It's always fun to hear all of the Tigers players (and coaches and clubhouse guys and rando video guys) to be announced!!

Willie Horton throwing out the first pitch to Jim Price. (In full disclosure, I first started to type Dan Dickerson, why can I never tell these guys apart...)

The Tigers did win, I think, It's been so long ago, I'm not confident in that assertion... Sorry!

Oh, this is actually from Game 2 when we got to hang out in a suite! Which was good because it was soooooooo much colder with no sunshine! We spent the whole game inside, but came out before the game for the ring ceremony.

They handed out everybody's American League Champion rings, which was fun, plus Silver Sluggers to Prince and He-who-must-not-be-named.

Part of the 2012 montage that made me cry on Opening Day, but not the second game!

Handing out the rings.

Here comes Al Alburqurque

Prince's Silver Slugger

It's always good to be back to the ballpark after a long, but shorter than if we hadn't been in the World Series, off season. Go Tigers!

Opening Day 2013!!!

It was a beautiful day for baseball in Detroit. The sky was blue, the sun was shining and although the temperature hovered around 45, in the sun it was very pleasant!

We arrived early and received our 2013 Magnet Schedules with detachable Miguel Cabrera wins the triple crown magnet, which was easily disposed of ;) We ate in our traditional restaurant, the Tiger Den. Lil Sis and I enjoyed the chicken fingers we'd been dreaming about since October! Also our waitress gave us free refills on our pops, which they don't normally do, so we were excited. Saturday this was not the case, so we're guessing she just didn't know the rules.

We made our way to our seats, not our normal seats, but in the same section. We said hello to our favorite usher, Bob and our neighbors, Mark and Susan. It was nice to see our baseball family after a long winter.

Before the game started, the Tigers showcased their new American League Champions banner which will fly on top of the fountains for the year, until they take it down, because that spot is really only for World Series flags...

JV, Cabrera and Prince unfurled the flag.

They played a video montage on the scoreboard all about the 2012 season. It was wonderful to relive all of the highlights and our run through the playoffs. I may or may not have had tears in my eyes when it ended...

It was fun, as always to hear all of the Tigers announced, from assistant athletic trainer Doug Teter to former Rookie of the Year, Cy Young winner and MVP, Justin Verlander.

The Four Tops sang the National Anthem. Willie Horton threw out the first pitch to Jim Price, both members of the 1968 World Series Champs.

Mr. Fister was pitching. Prince Fielder hit two houmeruns and Alex Avila (whose wife just had a baby, Avery Noelle) hit one, Drew Smyly got a four-inning save, the Tigers won, Dad won the Triple Crown (correctly predicted the final score, first Tiger to hit a homerun and stadium attendance in our daily competition) and baseball was back in Detroit!

It was a most excellent day and a great way to start the season!

P.S. My alma mater has a fancy new sign gracing the Detroit skyline this year.

My life per my phone's dictionary

I found myself scrolling through the personal dictionary on my phone today, where I add words that I've typed that aren't in the dictionary, but that I want it to recognize. I think that words included are a pretty good representation of my life (besides a couple of boring ones like centers and favorite that are there because my phone likes to be British...)

Albus 

AVPM

AVPS

AVPSY

Baconukkah

A celebrated holiday in a dream I had once. It sounded so good in theory, but upon waking I realized how offensive it would be...

bowtie

bullpen

butterbeer

Christmasy

Coldstone

Coolio, def, OMG, rando, probs, sorta, tix, totes, yup 

(aka random slang)

Dumbledore

Everwood

Freakin'

himym

Hogwarts

hoodie and hoodies

ICEE

Inge

Katniss

Klaine

livestream

Malfoy

I was planning to use a picture of the very attractive much older version of Tom Felton as Malfoy, but then this one came up and of course I had to use it.

McDonalds and Meijer

Mockingjay

muggle

Newsie(s)

(Less than two weeks!!!!!!!!)

Panera

Peeta

Pigfarts

quesadilla

Rumbleroar

Starkid

sweatpants

Topanga

Weasley

This ended up being a super long post, but it was really fun to put together :)