When this issue gets to your mailbox or local store, fall will be in full swing and the WorldSeries will be wrapping up. As I write this, in late September, we are still enjoying summer temperatures and seeing the Tigers in the first game of the postseason. Whether they make it past the wildcard series or not, I am still grateful that they managed to make it to the playoffs and had one of their best seasons in recent history.
I’m always happy for the memories of time spent at the ballpark — any ballpark. Some highlights include attending the fourth game of the 1984 World Series at Tiger Stadium with my family and sitting in the dugout next to Lou Whittaker with Sparky Anderson nearby during a charity game that was played between a Tigers-Yankees doubleheader at Yankee Stadium in the early ’90s.
My favorite Comerica Park memory happened just a month ago when writer Bill Dow and I got media passes to attend Magnum P.I. Day at the stadium. Bill had interviewed Tom Selleck, the actor who starred in the popular CBS show, just the day before, and we wanted to see Selleck throw out the ceremonial first pitch and greet his fans. While it was great to meet him and get a quick photo, the real highlight was talking baseball with Dan Dickerson, Dan Petry, Jason Benetti, Andy Dirks, and my “tour guide,” Bobby Scales. Learn more about that day at Comerica in Bill’s feature interview with Tom Selleck on page 18.
A few weeks later, I had another chance to talk sports during our Best Dressed photo shoot at the Detroit Foundation Hotel. This time it was about the Lions with Holly Campbell, coach Dan Campbell’s wife, one of the 11 metro Detroiters featured as part of our Best Dressed list on page 26.
Attending this shoot is always a highlight of the year for the Hour Detroit staff. It’s a privilege to see the honorees enjoy a moment (or another moment) in the spotlight and to have the chance to meet or catch up with them. Many thanks to the Foundation Hotel’s staff and Hour Detroit’s design team (Lindsay Richards, Steven Prokuda, and Stephanie Daniel) as well as photographer Laur Nash, wardrobe director Jessica VanAssche, and writer Chuck Bennett for creating such a gorgeous product and another special memory.
This story originally appeared in the November 2025 issue of Hour Detroit magazine. To read more, pick up a copy of Hour Detroit at a local retail outlet. Click here to get our digital edition.
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