Arden Zwelling

It's at the Letters for Wednesday, May the 6th, 2026.

Arden Swelling here with Ben Nicholson-Smith.

Our producer is Christian Ryan.

Thanks so much for listening.

I'm in Toronto.

Ben is at the Trop.

And Ben, you have just witnessed three games at the new Tropicana Field.

New roof, new turf.

New dirt, new everything because the entire place was waterlogged and damaged beyond belief.

Your review on the scale of 20 to 80 when it comes to ballparks for the new Tropicana Field is what?

Well, you're speaking to one media member and untold amounts of fans.

So I think I'm outnumbered here.

So I'm going to go with the crowd, the fans.

They want to know how you would feel from that perspective.

But the Rays just swept the Blue Jays in dominant fashion.

They're second place in the American League East or in the American League period.

So one of the better teams in baseball.

Surely there is a raucous and boisterous environment supporting this incredible product that is being put on the field.

So the, you think about like the 20 to 80 scouting scale, just for people who need to like anchor this a little bit, like an 80 would be like a Bradley Zimmer speed or Chandler Simpson speed actually would be an 80.

And then the 20 speed would be Alejandro Kirk.