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Detroit Tigers Gameday: Hitting the road to play the Mets

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The Detroit Tigers (some of them, anyway) hopped on a bus at 7 a.m. Sunday at Joker Marchant Stadium for their first road trip of the Grapefruit League season.

Road trips could get more cumbersome as the Grapefruit League keeps moving south. The latest move comes next year when the Atlanta Braves move to North Port, near Sarasota.

The Mets have been here since 1988 (moving from St. Petersburg). They now play at First Data Field, which was known until a few days ago as Tradition Field. It was previously Thomas J.