ATLANTA -- There's a lot to love about spending seven weeks in Tampa covering Yankees spring training.
Tops, of course, is the weather on Florida's Gulf Coast this time of the year. And those long drives to St. Petersburg over the Howard Franklin Bridge and to Clearwater over the Courtney Campbell Causeway offer spectacular views with water on both sides.
Friday was my favorite day of this spring:
The Atlanta Braves opened their new ballpark against the Yankees.
I've been fascinated with baseball ballparks since I was a suburban Pittsburgh kid going to my first Pirates game in 1969 at Forbes Field.