This series is a good indicator. Near-sellout crowds are expected all weekend, and two of the games will have a national broadcast: Friday’s opener is on Apple TV+, with Saturday’s game airing on MLB Network for out-of-market viewers.

The Detroit Tigers are drawing large crowds in ... Just look at the crowds the first two days of this first full June weekend at Comerica Park. It’s been more than 10 years since they’ve ...

The stairs lead to a nondescript green door. Almost a mysterious entry point. But like all things with the Tigers these days, there was a specific, targeted purpose. The stairs and the door lead to Detroit’s so-called smart cage, a project completed midway through last season as part of the team’s multiyear overhaul of the home clubhouse.

The last time Jahmai Jones was in Detroit, he was a fan across the street from Comerica Park at Ford Field watching his older brother T.J. play wide receiver for the Lions. T.J. Jones caught four touchdowns over as many seasons in Detroit.

DETROIT -- When Chicago Cubs utility man Jon Berti entered Friday’s game as a pinch-runner in the eighth inning, it marked the first time he had stepped on the field at Comerica Park in a game since he was playing for Troy High School nearly two decades ago.