
Florida. Come on now.
Elliott Sadler, driver of the #2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet, leads a group of cars during the NASCAR Nationwide Series Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 19, 2011 in Homestead, Florida.
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A baseball game in St. Petersburg, FL around 1904 was literally played on a sandlot. (Heritage Park-Pinellas County Historical Museum)
The A-Ring
Tropicana Field has become infamous for it’s catwalks unfortunate role in ballgames. On August 5, 2010 in one of the more recent incidents, Jason Kubel of the Minnesota Twins hit a sky-high infield pop-up that would have ended the inning in a 6–6 game if caught, but the ball struck the A-ring and fell safely on the infield allowing the Twins to score the go-ahead run and extend the inning in a controversial 8–6 win.
Photo by Doug S.