Our niece L (DW's niece, mine by marriage) and her husband M live in South Africa. They'll be coming home for a visit in about three weeks.

So L set up a conversation via Facebook about arrival dates, when they will be where, planning, etc. Among those plans was an effort to set up a date/time for a family picture (there are 28 of us in total, and everyone will be in the same state at the same time). M is also a fairly big Tigers baseball fan, and they're doing fairly well this season (current series with the A's not withstanding). So L asked if anyone was up for a Tigers game on Sept. 20.

My immediate reaction (to myself) about the ball game was "count us out". My gut reaction is always to not spend the extra money, and we have two boys with special needs, and any time we need to find someone to watch them for us is at a premium.

A lot of the ensuing conversation around this FB thread had to do with the pictures, and the Tigers game kind of got forgotten. Apparently if you buy tickets in groups of 10 or more, you get a discount, and L and M really want to go to the game, and were hoping for a sizable group. So finally yesterday L asked via the FB thread - "Who's up for the ball game?" And DW sent me a text asking if I wanted to go. I said sure.

So, the four from my family plus L and M plus L's mom and dad plus DW's mom and dad makes 10.

I'm not sure how much the tickets will cost. I just looked on-line, and saw that fairly decent seats to great seats are priced anywhere from about $30 to about $80 each, before the 10 ticket discount. I just made my first contribution to the FB thread asking about price, so we'll see.

I haven't been to a Tigers game since 1995 or '96. Not sure. I think I've only been to four or five games in my life, and I've never been to a game in the "new" Comerica Park (opened in 2000). This *could* end up being a special year for the Tigers, and if it is I'll be able to say that I saw a 2013 Tigers game.