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        "title": "Ah, the ’70s.",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If people didn't like the idea of Comerica Park replacing Tiger Stadium, can you imagine how a domed stadium of 1970s vintage would've been received in Detroit?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"p1\"} -->\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Detroit Tigers</span><span class=\"s2\"> owner <a href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/John_Fetzer\"><span class=\"s3\">John Fetzer</span></a> announces that the Tigers have signed a lease to build a $126 million domed stadium along the river in downtown <a href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Detroit,_MI\"><span class=\"s3\">Detroit</span></a>. The complex will seat 52,000 for baseball, and 60,000 for football. Lawsuits, a failed bond issue, and the construction of the Silverdome in nearby <a href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pontiac,_MI\"><span class=\"s3\">Pontiac</span></a> will eventually kill the idea.</span></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"p1\"} -->\n<p class=\"p1\">— <a href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/January_12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baseball-Reference.com</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This photo spread appeared in the 1972 Tigers Yearbook.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:image {\"width\":\"599px\",\"height\":\"396px\",\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img src=\"http://dailyfungo3.files.wordpress.com/2026/07/1972-domed-new-tiger-stadium-renderings-combined.png\" alt=\"1972 Domed New Tiger Stadium Renderings Combined.\" style=\"width:599px;height:396px\" title=\"1972 Domed New Tiger Stadium Renderings Combined.png\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We know how that worked out. Five years later the Tigers pivoted toward a renovation that didn't quite materialize the way this model, published in the 1978 Tigers Yearbook, had it drawn up.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":17325,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img src=\"https://dailyfungo3.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1978-tiger-stadium-renovation-photos.png?w=814\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17325\" /></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n",
        "date_published": "2026-07-13T18:40:41-07:00",
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