What 2 Million Fans Paying For Admission Will Buy You

So yesterday's night game was the first game I've attended at Comerica Park this season, and it's interesting to see some of the changes that have taken place at the park.

Thumbs Up- Video board that goes along the area along the baselines between the 1st and 2nd levels. It definitely jazzes the park up a little bit, without making it too cheesy. This is becoming a staple around sports arenas now, and it's nice to have something that screams "NOISE!" now in nice blue and orange letters instead of black and yellow of the old board.

Thumbs Down- The price of my feast of an Italian Sausage and a Mountain Dew. A solid $8.75, which actually more than I paid to get into the park. 5 bucks for the sausage and $3.75 for the pop is just outrageous, mostly because the Mountain Dew is $1.25 at your local party store. However, as far as I know the rules about bringing unopened containers into the stadium hasn't changed, which means I'm never buying another Dew there. Ever.

Thumbs Up- My Italian Sausage. Fan-fucking-tastic. Not quite the level of the Yankee Stadium Italian Sausage, probably the greatest thing I've ever tasted, but it's still great. And the people working the sausage station were very friendly, which is always a plus.

Thumbs Down- The seats along the baselines still face the outfield and not home plate. If there was one absolute thing I could change about Comerica, it's that. It's hard to sit an entire game bending your body to face the game. Kind of sucks.

Thumbs Up- The new out-of-town scoreboard and new radar thing underneath the left field scoreboard. All digitalized and crap out-of-town board makes it possible to see both leagues scores at once, which is going to be nice when it gets down to the nitty gritty part of the season in the latter stages. The new radar gun scoreboard in left field not only gives the speed of the pitch, but gives the pitcher's pitch count too, which is handy.

All in all, Comerica Park improved, but the increased prices are going to be hell on the wallet over the course of a season, but if the Tigs keep winning, I think I'll be okay.