The Weekend Story

I had an incredible weekend. Well, it all starts here. The Detroit Tigers beat the Yankees in 4 games. So Detroit is playing the Oaklands A's in the ALCS. Luck has it, that we are able to go the Friday (Game 3) and Saturday (Game 4) games of the ALCS in Detroit. Thoughts of sweep were rolling through our mind as the Tigers came back to Detoit with 2 wins.

There is a funny story on the way to Game 3 but I'll save it for another blog. This can help to explain a little "I'm done giving money to the homeless." Anways, I digress. So they win Game 3 pretty easy 3 - 0. So the series is 3-0 in favor of the Tigers. By the way, the tickets for the game are sweet......they are 23 rows up and are between the catcher and third base. This is like one of my dreams as a kid since I always loved baseball.

So you guys probably already know the story of what happened in Game 4. They go down by 3 early and then come back and win it in the 9th with a 3 run homer. What happened next for me was the incredible part of the weekend. I'll just summarize in order:

1) After Magglio Ordonez hits the 3 run homer, we were able to go on the field. I guess family was allowed to go on to the field if they won the game. I just had to be Mandi's brother which would make me Stacy's brother.......that sounds pretty disgusting. Everyone was celebrating so you could go any where on the field......you could walk on home plate, pitcher's mound, etc.

2) After the players have the big celebration in the clubhouse where they all spray champagne, they allow family into the clubhouse. So we were able to go into the clubhouse and walk around. Got a little champagne sprayed in my face and my clothes smelled like crap the next day.

3) After Sean got dressed, we went over to this bar/club that was owned by a Detroit Red Wings player. We walk in the door and these Security Guards lead us up these stairs. I almost got left behind because I was in the back and there was some tight security to get up into this VIP room. It was like the movie where you are following these people into this nice club and they leave you behind outside of the club. In the movie, the person tries to convince the bouncer that he/she is with the other people that are going into the club. Well, it almost happened but luckily I wasn't left behind.

In this VIP room, it was ridiculous. They had appetizers sitting out......potato skins, chicken fingers, wings, etc. They had beer in this big thing of ice. I tried to throw my own beer away and this girl dressed in regular clothes grabbed the beer and threw it away for me and asked "Do you want another beer?" I found out later there waitresses in there. You could also get any mixed drinks you wanted. In the back of the room, there was a huge 50+ inch TV where I got to see the final minutes of the Auburn game. It was a Man's Heaven!

I guess Kid Rock is from Detroit so he was in the VIP room. He actually showed his DJ skills when the music came on and mixed on some songs.



All and all.....it was definitely a night I'll never forget. I'll post the pics as soon as I get them downloaded.