This was drama. This was baseball. And for a team whose dome is rooflessly indisposed at the moment, this was even better. This was home.

There is a long, proud history of professional baseball in Tampa. It has been more than 100 years since the Cubs first made this city their Spring Training home and the Tampa Smokers played in the Florida State League.

Different, of course, is that capacity for Rays games at Steinbrenner Field for will be 10,046, according to the team. A sellout at the Trop, with the upper deck closed, was 25,025.