Baseball At The Trop

I had some extra change in my pocket, a day off and a hankering to see the Rays. SO I got a water bottle, made sure the bicycle tires were inflated and rode over to see an afternoon matinee. It only takes about 15 minutes once I get on the bike path which goes right to the Trop. You can avoid the traffic. Although with only 11, 575 in attendance there surely wasn't much of a traffic problem. In town were the Mariners and at the time this was like a David and Goliath matchup. The Rays were in 1st place and winning every game, while the Mariners are in year 15 of their rebuilding. But a major league game is a major league game. The Rays won it and it was a pretty good game.

You'll never get rained out at the Tropicana. Nice seat right behind home plate.

The famous and Hall of Fame bound Ichiro.

Plenty of empty seats.

I was pretty close to a foul ball. That kid in the center caught one. See what he has in his hands?

That would be a cool thing. I think my brother Mark caught on in St. Louis.

A Ray's fan preparing for a "sweep" of the Seattle Mariners.

Everyone's favorite fan taking a bow from other appreciative spectators.

The fish tank where they keep manta rays.

Final out.

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