Tonight, the Tampa Bay Rays play their first World Series game of the year as the home team. They’ll wear white and bat last, but, of course, as all postseason games have since the first round, Game 3 will take place at a neutral site. Except that Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, isn’t quite neutral and if anyone has home-field advantage, it’s the Dodgers.
No one on the Rays had been inside the stadium where the entirety of the World Series will be played before Oct. 19. The ballpark is brand new this year, opened just in time for baseball to be put on hold for a few months before a 60-game regular season in which the Texas Rangers only hosted teams in the West divisions.