OPENING DAY.
April 13, 1976.
$1.50 bleacher seats -- best bargain in Detroit!
Tigers lost to the Brewer 1-0. Jim Slaton hurled a compete game for Milwaukee. Ray Bare started for Detroit. John Hiller relieved in the 7th and got the loss. 48,612 fans witnessed the action. Time of game: 1:57!!!
Opening Day lineup for the Tigers:
Ben Oglivie CF
Dan Meyer 1B
Willie Horton DH
Rusty Staub RF
Alex Johnson LF
Milt May C
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B
Tom Veryzer SS
Gary Sutherland 2B
For the Brewers:
Charlie Moore LF
Don Money 3B
George Scott 1B
Darrell Porter C
Henry Aaron DH
Sixto Lezcano CF
Bill Sharp RF
Robin Yount SS
Pedro Garcia 2B
Ah, Tom, I love ya. Just when things can't look much worse, you bring up some of those great old pictures and memories. Keep them coming all winter long.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tom
ReplyDeleteBack in that era I rarely missed an opening day. You couldn't but those bleacher seats in advance - so there was a throng of us crammed in that corner waiting for the gates to open. I never liked the lower deck. About that time streaking was rampant, you could always count on a couple of streakers in the bleachers. One drunk weas unable to streak so he took off his clothes and sat there