February 04, 2006
Smart Fund Raiser
The Devil Rays caravan ran into a clever youngster on Thursday:
Most of the kids walked through the line in an orderly fashion, accepting autographed pictures from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays while picking up a few goodies along the way - a knapsack, Devil Rays pencil, team sticker.
Then came 10-year-old Devon McDuffie. He had other plans.
McDuffie toted a box filled with candy he was selling to raise money for a school trip to Busch Gardens.
"You got Skittles?" Rays outfielder Joey Gathright yelled.
McDuffie had Skittles, and for a few moments Thursday afternoon at the 13th Avenue Community Center, it was hard to tell the ballplayers from the kids as a quartet of Rays scrambled for their wallets and the dollar bills necessary to do business with McDuffie.
It's good to see these ballplayers are still kids at heart.
Posted by David Pinto at
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