A crowd of 6,259 turned out at Marlins Park on Tuesday for the Marlins-Rays interleague matchup, and a few hundred stuck around for the end of the Rays’ 16-inning victory.
No surprise. Both teams are extremely boring and bereft of stars. The Marlins are suffering at the gate after their traditional winter sell-off, while the Rays are the Rays, trying to reinvent the game with no one watching.
How clueless did Rays president of baseball operations Matt Silverman sound when he told The Athletic that fans love having middle relievers such as Sergio Romo start and go an inning or two instead of seeing a regular starter.