You can go to Clown College in Florida because this is where Ringling Brothers calls home.  Perhaps that is why the Tampa Bay Located in St. Petersburg Rays play their home games in a white tent.  Yes, they try to catch a little white baseball while staring up into a white tent ceiling.  Not an easy task as demonstrated by the Seattle Mariners catcher who nearly got hit in the head while trying to find an otherwise routine pop foul.

In any case, our trip was slightly diverted when one of my traveling partners was taken ill shortly after returning to our hotel in Atlanta in the middle of the night on Wednesday.  We were finally in bed at 3 and up at 7 to catch our flight to Tampa, hopefully without causing an unpleasant scene along the way.  The details of getting through the airport, security and time on the plane shall go unreported here.  So we headed for Orlando where the sick child could rest and get comfort rather than finishing him off on the roller coasters at Busch Gardens.

Oh yes.  Baseball.  As I noted, Tropicana Field is a bit of an odd venue for baseball.  I'm actually surprised they got into the American League with that thing as their facility.  But we had terrific seats and it was a great game with Tampa Bay prevailing 4-3 in 14 innings.  Our second extra inning game in a row with a post midnight finish.

Our next game is not until Tuesday in Miami.  Until then, a weekend of Orlando amusements with Benjamin and Fernanda and a trip through the Florida Everglades on the way to Miami.