ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Consider this an ode to ineptitude. A memorial for the miserable.
The Rays are playing their first games in a National League ballpark under the universal designated hitter rules this week, which means pitchers’ bats have been permanently silenced.
This is progress, I suppose, and probably long overdue. Bucs fans do not pay to see Tom Brady making a tackle, and Rays fans don’t need to see Corey Kluber swinging a bat.
