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My Florida spring training tour made a stop Thursday in Kissimee to see Houston at home against Tampa Bay. The Rays dominated the day and came away with an 11-3 victory. I heard good things about the ballpark from other fans. It was a very good place to take it a major league ballgame. The park is small, only holds about 5300 fans. But you are right on top of the field as you are at most spring training locations. It was a very nice clean ballpark. A Houston Class A minor league team  uses the ballpark during the summer when spring training ends.

The Houston  team looks as though they will not be very competitive this year. I saw them play twice this spring, the other game being against Atlanta. Seems to me their bullpen really needs improvement. In both games their bullpen gave up way to many runs. They were actually in the Atlanta game until they had to go to the bullpen.

The last stop on my spring training tour will in Port Charlotte to watch Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh play on Friday. It will be the 2nd day in a row I have watched the Rays. I am a die-hard Braves fan but would like to find a team in the American League to pull for this year. I think that will be Detroit or Tampa Bay.