Don't be upset with me. I'm not saying that. Fans of Sports Illustrated are saying that. Sports Illustrated has come out with Major League Baseball ballpark rankings, based on results from a fan poll. Check it out here. Overall, the Rays and Tropicana Field come in 24th out of 30 teams/stadiums. (I'll get to the dumb part in a second.)

The way it worked was like this: Sports Illustrated took 10 categories and ranked the teams and stadiums 1 through 30 in each category. Then they added up all the numbers and the lower your number, the higher you finished on the list. Here's how the Rays ranked in the top categories:

Affordability (4th)
Food (16th)
Team quality (22nd)
Tradition (29th)
Atmosphere (28th)
Fan IQ (28th)
Hospitality (20th)
Promotions (15th)
Traffic (11th)
Neighborhood (22nd)

Cleveland's Progressive Field finished first overall, followed by Milwaukee's Miller Park and Pittsburgh's PNC Park.

Oh yeah, back to the dumb thing. The Rays' Fan IQ was 28th. In the poll, 76 percent of those voting rated the "baseball intelligence'' at the Trop either "average,'' "below average'' or "poor.'' Tampa Bay finished ahead of only Florida and Arizona.