Tampa Bay Rays Scout Rob Ducey Organizes Professional Free Agent Showcase

…I remember being a kid attending a Phillies/Blue Jays spring training game in 1989 and joining with hecklers sitting near me in the bleachers, chanting his name. “DU-CEY! DU-CEY!”

There’s absolutely no point to this comment but I had to get that out. I didn’t know Rob was working for the Rays up until I read a recent news piece by Joe Smith in the Times… And now this post.

The Pirates’ interest in Ankiel is "real," the second source said, but the team might fill its need with another player rather than continue waiting on Ankiel and his agent, Scott Boras.

Then I remembered:

“His return after seven years—if only three days long—is the stuff of legend. Made even more perfect by the timing: Just two days after Barry Bonds sets a synthetic home run record in San Francisco, the Natural returns to St. Louis.”

Then the ROFLTrain pulled out of the station since he was on the Mitchell Report.

And before anybody thinks about it, Ankiel’s play in the outfield and at the plate is about as consistent as his ability to throw strikes. The Rays don’t need him.