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Marc Topkin on Rays Roster, Baseball's Protocols & Covering A Team During Social Distancing
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Rick Stroud is joined by Tampa Bay Times Rays Writer Marc Topkin to discuss baseball's new protocols for the 60-game season, how some players and coaches will sit out this season, how close this Rays team is and how that can help drive success this year and how will coverage of baseball be different with social distancing. Plus Bucs Defensive End Shaq Barrett says he will be playing for the Bucs this year and intends to sign his franchise tag tender and Lightning Announcer Rick Peckham and former St. Pete Times writer Don Banks both going into their sport's respective Hall of Fames.
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