Detroit’s Navin Field — the site of legendary Tiger Stadium — is likely to be redeveloped sooner or later. While the plans include keeping the field (though there’s talk of installing artificial turf, a thoroughly awful idea), the redeveloped property will mean it won’t be as it is now: open for anyone and everyone to step on the same field and to run the same base paths every major league legend did for a century. With that in mind, the Monitors and the Merries traveled to Detroit on a gorgeous Sunday morning to play a fun pickup match before heading to Greenfield Village for the Monitors match in the afternoon.

Normally I would have spent all my time shooting photos, but this time I was able to play in the match! However, I did shoot a few photos when I wasn’t in the field or up to bat. Here’s what I got from an extraordinarily enjoyable morning in Detroit.

Gingersnap celebrated as she scored a run.

Is Caveman keeping his eye on the ball? You be the judge!

Stagecoach got on base and eventually advanced to third. Who was covering third base? None other than Bumblebee, his wife. They had a moment.

Then we got back to the match.

While Half Pint waited for her chance to advance to second…

…Pepperbox kept an eye on her from right field.

It was a wonderful morning.

After the match, that little one had THE BEST TIME running the bases.