Tiger Stadium field gets a cleanup

Tiger Stadium field gets a cleanup
Brian Kaufman/DFP
Sunday, April 3, 2011



Mike
Phelan, 54, of Detroit, installs new bases at the site of old Tiger
Stadium on Sunday, April 3, 2011. A coalition of volunteer groups
gathered to clean up the field and play ball, including The Mower Gang,
Navin Field Grounds Crew, and Motor City Blight Busters.



Judy
Davids, 51, of Royal Oak, cleans up a fence perimeter at the site of
old Tiger Stadium on Sunday, April 3, 2011. A coalition of volunteer
groups gathered to clean up the field and play ball.



An
outfield flagpole stands at the site of old Tiger Stadium on Sunday,
April 3, 2011. A coalition of volunteer groups gathered to clean up the
field and play ball, including The Mower Gang, Navin Field Grounds Crew,
and Motor City Blight Busters.


Jen Ruud, 32, of Madison Heights, loosens soil at the site of old Tiger
Stadium on Sunday, April 3, 2011. A row of sunflowers and corn is being
planted where the outfield wall used to be. A coalition of volunteer
groups gathered to clean up the field and play ball.


Mike Phelan (center), 54, of Detroit and Scott Bolohan (right), 24, of
Royal Oak, discuss how to line up new bases at the site of old Tiger
Stadium on Sunday, April 3, 2011.


Bob Spence, 24, of Ann Arbor, rakes the infield at the site of old Tiger Stadium on Sunday, April 3, 2011.


Mike Phelan, 54, of Detroit, uncovers part of an old home plate base
that was buried in hard dirt at the site of old Tiger Stadium on Sunday,
April 3, 2011. A coalition of volunteer groups gathered to clean up the
field and play ball, including The Mower Gang, Navin Field Grounds
Crew, and Motor City Blight Busters.



Dylan Polcyn, 17, of Milford, pitches a baseball at the site of old Tiger Stadium on Sunday, April 3, 2011.


Frances Dube, 12, of Birmingham, puts ketchup on a hot dog after handing
it to a volunteer who was cleaning the site of old Tiger Stadium on
Sunday, April 3, 2011.


Camren Benford, 10, of Detroit, runs for first base at the site of old Tiger Stadium on Sunday, April 3, 2011.


John J. George, executive director of Motor City Blight Busters, throws a
baseball at the site of old Tiger Stadium on Sunday, April 3, 2011. A
coalition of volunteer groups gathered to clean up the field and play
ball, including The Mower Gang, Navin Field Grounds Crew, and Motor City
Blight Busters.