baseball in the sky(dome)

i've seen games in skydome twice. actually, it was skydome the first time and rogers centre the other.  it was the seventh different stadium i had seen a game in, and i have this 1992 donruss triple play card in my "stadiums i've seen games in" mini-collection.

here's my ticket stub from the first game:

and here's my eticket from the second:

it looks like my photos from the first game have not been scanned, but i recall a few things from the game. the roof was closed, the upper deck where we sat seemed very steep and far from the action (even compared to the metrodome), roy halladay pitched, and the mariners had a high powered offense even without ken griffey jr. i had been a fan of halladay's since watching his near no-hitter on the last day of the 1998 season. however, he and the toronto bullpen were no match for edgar martinez, alex rodriguez, john olerud, and mark mclemore who combined for 10 runs and 11 rbi between them.

with the 2016 game being more recent, i do have photos to share.  this first one is from the top of the fourth inning, with ra dickey on the mound

you can see that the roof is open, and with that plus the full dirt basepaths, it certainly felt more like a baseball stadium than the first time i had visited. dickey had a no-hitter going at this point, although it was not in any way looking to be sustainable. still, dickey made it through 5 and a third no-hit innings before mookie betts hit a triple.

this next photo is from the bottom of the 5th, and it shows jose bautista about to cross home plate

bautista just kicked off the scoring with a two-run homer off of david price. the fans were in to it for sure - it was a fun atmosphere. the game wound up going in to extra innings with the red sox winning 5-3.

i'll give a nod to the photo on the triple play card with this one showing the cn tower rising above the stadium behind me

in fact, we headed up in to the tower after the game and took some photos of the field below

i do plan to get back to toronto at some point - it's such a great city. and when i do, i will very likely visit this stadium again.

this post is the last in a series covering the stadiums i've seen regular season major league baseball games in. my goal is to get to a new stadium next year, and try to do that until i've hit them all. time will tell!