Tropicana Field (Tampa Bay Rays)

Ballpark Assessment

Category Score (0 to 10)					TOTAL (0 to 50)
Location	Atmosphere	Food	Exterior Architecture	Interior Architecture
2	3	5	5	4	19

This is a poorly designed dome.  Apparently, fly balls have been known to hit the rafters.  Also, it's easy to loose a fly ball against the white dome background.  I saw players struggling with those fly balls throughout the game.

Game Comments (courtesy of MLB.com)
Game Date: May 15, 2010
Attendance: 23,627
Weather: 72 degrees F, dome
Length of Game: 2 hours, 39 minutes
Final Score: Tampa Bay Rays 3, Seattle Mariners 2

Willy Aybar launched a walk-off home run off Jesus Colome in the ninth inning to lift the Rays past the Mariners after James Shields and Jason Vargas battled it out over the first eight innings.

Stories from the Road
To get to the game, I drove 8 hours straight from Atlanta to the Rays game, watched the game (3 hours) and then got back in my car and drove another 4 hours to Miami. 
Highlights from the drive from ATL to TB include:

1) Getting a speeding ticket on my to the game from Atlanta (about an hour south of Atlanta).  The cop was not willing to negotiate in any way and I was slapped with a painfully expensive ticket.
2) Ate at a Waffle House
3) Passed two of the biggest Confederate flags I have ever seen

I was slightly concerned about whether or not my car would be safe when I parked it in what looked like someone's backyard on an open 1 acre lot that was not paved.  I asked a nearby traffic cop if my car would be safe.  His response: "It's as safe as it can be."  That was just the reassurance I was looking for.  During the game, a fan ran out onto the field.  As is typical in incidents like this, he was quickly tackled and escorted off the field in handcuffs as the crowded cheered.