Detroit — It was the flag pole out beyond the visitors’ bullpen in left-center field that sparked one of Curtis Granderson’s first memories of Comerica Park.
“This is where I got the chance to start my career,” he said from the Miami Marlins clubhouse before Tuesday's game. “Signing my contract, actually, I remember the first time coming on the field and getting asked, ‘Hey, do you think you can play center field here?’
“This was before they moved the fences in and my thought process was, ‘No chance.’ Look at where that flag pole is.