Turner Field (Atlanta Braves)

Ballpark Assessment

Category Score (0 to 10)					TOTAL (0 to 50)
Location	Atmosphere	Food	Exterior Architecture	Interior Architecture
6	8	5	6	8	33

Great atmosphere.  Lots of activities going on throughout the ballpark.  There are sections of the stadium where you can see the field from the concession stands (always a plus).  There are seats right outside of the lavatories, presumably for people waiting for their friend/family/etc. to finish his/her business.  Located near the leftfield foul pole is a giant Chic-Fil-a cow statue that moves its arm (i.e., leg) when a Braves home run is scored.  Cute.

Interestingly enough, Turner Field has a "Lexus Lot" right outside of the stadium where only Lexus vehicles are allowed to park.  No Ferraris allowed.


Game Comments (courtesy of MLB.com)
Game Date: May 14, 2010
Attendance: 30,657
Weather: 82 degrees F, cloudy
Length of Game: 3 hours, 24 minutes
Final Score: Atlanta Braves 6, Arizona Diamondbacks 5

Brian McCann and Nate McLouth homered in the seventh to bring the Braves back, and after Billy Wagner allowed a rare run, Martin Prado capped a ninth-inning rally with a two-run game-winning single.

Stories from the Road
I went to the game with a friend from college who I haven't seen in a while.  He was kind enough to not only host me for Thursday and Friday night, but also to pick me up from the airport on Thursday and drop me off at the Avis Rental Car station early on Saturday morning.

Before the game on Friday night, we got what I would call typical southern food: bbq, cornbread, biscuits and sweet tea.  After the game, we met up with some of his law school friends at a bar where they were serving "Sweet Water", a beer that tastes just like sweet tea.  My friend and his law school fiends had just graduated from law school and were just about to start studying for the bar exams.

Not much else to report.  Saturday morning I started my 8 hour drive to Tampa Bay to catch the Rays game later that day.