TIGERS TO PRESENT NEW PLAN AS MCHALE LOOKS TO CAMDEN YARDS

          The Tigers "have scrapped plans to build a scaled-down
     stadium and will present a newer, more up-to-date version to
     the Stadium Authority and the Downtown Development
     Authority" at public meetings today, according to Joe Falls
     of the DETROIT NEWS.  Team President John McHale "pushed for
     the changes" to original stadium plans "after the team
     received considerable criticism when it unveiled renderings
     of the new park back in October."  McHale said that the new
     changes will include a reconfiguration of the outfield, with
     higher fences; twenty more private boxes, which will "help
     defray" the extra money Owner Mike Ilitch is putting into
     the project; wider concourses in the lower deck and a
     partial brick exterior.  Assistant Wayne County Supervisor
     Mike Duggan, who criticized the initial plan, said, "The
     public is going to love this stadium.  It's unbelievable
     what McHale has done" (DETROIT NEWS, 2/15).