When The Tigers Were

Trip to a closing stadium
elicits fond memories.

Above: Nathan Silverman of
Bloomfield Hills kicks back in
the Detroit Tigers' dugout.

Right: John and Miriam
Cohen of Bloomfield Hills chat
with baseball guru Irwin
Cohen during' the tour.

8/6
1999

6 Detroit Jewish News

LONNY GOLDSMITH
Special to the Jewish News

liAT hile most of the adults
walked up the steep
concrete ramp, Ezra
Drissman was darting
around the slower crowd to reach the
awe-inspiring view he sought.
"I love the ramps," the 18-year-old
Drissman said, pointing toward the
dirt-and-grass diamond at Tiger
Stadium. "It's the anticipation of get-
ting to your seat and seeing the field."
Drissman was among 75 baseball
fans and history buffs taking part in the
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan's
second annual Tiger Stadium tour,
which began with a breakfast and slide
show at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield
Township. Irwin Cohen, a former
Detroit Tigers employee and Detroit
historian, narrated the slide show