NO MERENGUE OR CHA-CHA ON THE GRASS AT TIGERS' NEW COPA

          Workers at Comerica Park "have been warned: One step on
     the vulnerable turf and they'll be taking a walk -- right
     out of a job," according to Marty Hair of the DETROIT FREE
     PRESS.  But the "lure" of the new field "is too much for
     some to resist," as three workers were fired last week "for
     walking across the grass and onto the pitcher's mound." 
     Several others "had been sacked earlier" for stepping on the
     grass after the sod was laid on a layer of sand in November. 
     Tigers officials said that all crews "have been warned this
     was a firing offense" (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 3/18).