In the second hour of Sports Open Line, Matt Pauley discusses the Tampa Bay Rays’ Ryan Thompson messy arbitration hearing; Cardinals Spring Training headlines with the team’s beat writer for MLB.com John Denton; cuts from manager Oliver Marmol's session with the media at Spring Training; and promising TV ratings after the Battlehawk's first game of the season.



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