February 4, 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.

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