Rays' Grapefuit League Baseball

I saw the Tampa Bay Rays defeat the Baltimore Orioles this afternoon in the second game of their 2010 Grapefruit League spring training season, 6-5. Most of the players usually accepted as starters had left the game about in the fifth inning, so the deciders of the game were scrubs, but pretty good ones. This fellow is a Rays' southpaw pitching in the ninth. I didn't get his name. He gave up a homer which tied the game shortly after this photo.



This Oriole batter is grounding out to shortstop. The ball off his bat is visible in the shot. A later batter tied the game with a homer and Tampa came back with a triple and a walk-off single in the last of the ninth to win.



I took this photo from the third base side of the field where our seats were located in section 215. There was a pretty good crowd for a day when they announced the temperature at 58 and the "wind chill" at 38. Many of the good folks in attendance left early.



A picture from the left field corner featuring Santini and her funnel cake. That tall yellow pole is the foul pole. The three home runs hit today went to right center field and were aided with a strong wind (think wind chill).


It was a nice enough day for a Minnesotan playing hooky from the dirty snow.