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Ben Clemens
8:48
Which have Framber as the 39th SP off the board
Josh
8:49
is a snell 5 inning outing really that big of a deal if he only allows 1? he hasn't gone deep in his outings this year (or in his career, really); it's just kind of who he is or has been
Tony Wolfe
8:49
I think five is more or less all the Rays expect from him right now
Ben Clemens
8:49
I think the seven games in seven days aspect makes it matter a little more
8:50
But also, Ron Darling is the one talking about going deep the most, and he spends most of his time watching the Mets
It's an easy way to get the wrong conception of how deep into games starters should go
8:51
Okay look Jeff Francoeur. I said you were great. And now you're bringing "Kyle Tucker is 5-6 with RISP this postseason"?
At least use the whole regular season split
Derek
8:51
Mound visit drew up that play I'm pretty sure
Ben Clemens
8:51
The Rays have the best plays out of timeouts
Popovich-esque
8:53
Speaking of basketball, hoo boy
Looks like the Finals are all but over
AvatarDavid Laurila
8:54
Jeff Sullivan is probably watching this game.
Derek
8:54
Yeah let's hope we don't get a 30-point blowout in this one
*30-run blowout
Ben Clemens
8:55
I think at 30 you can call them points
Tony Wolfe
8:56
At 30 the trailing team should get deploy the ol' blue shell
To take from Ben's Mario Kart idea
What would the blue shell be? The team in the lead loses their chance to bat for an inning?
Ben Clemens
8:57
I'd like to see an actual Blue Shell chase runners around the bases
Tony Wolfe
8:57
blue shell... blake snell..... is there anything there
Ben Clemens
8:57
But failing that... either skipping a turn at bat or starting 0-2 or something like that
Guest
8:58
So are the Rays named after sunshine or the marine animal?  I thought the former after their name change, but the hats tonight suggest the latter.
Ben Clemens
8:58
I believe that the official answer now is a Ray of light, as can be seen in their main logo
These throwback hats sure do make it confusing though
Sam
8:59
Pitchers get to pitch from 30 feet for the blue shell
Derek
9:00
Wait I thought it was always the sea animal. Don't they still have a tank of actual real-life rays in their stadium?
Ben Clemens
9:00
It initially was but they changed to the Ray of Light look at some point post name change
Lzfreak
9:00
Thought it was a guy named Ray
AvatarDavid Laurila
9:00
Trivia time: Who hit the first home run in Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays history?
Ben Clemens
9:01
Hm... Wade Boggs?
Guest
9:01
McGriff?
BLAB
9:01
Was it Wade Boggs?
Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes
9:01
McCracken?
AvatarDavid Laurila
9:02
Boggs is the right answer.
Ben Clemens
9:02
I just only think of him when I think "early Tampa Bay years"
BLAB
9:02
High Five, Mr. Clemens.
Derek
9:04
Do all outfielders talk to themselves like that? It's actually fantastic
Ben Clemens
9:04
Here's a little Inside FanGraphs tidbit: I talk to myself like that all the time
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