So let me get this straight, the Tampa Bay (don’t call me Devil) Rays were so glad to get rid of Elijah Dukes (a so-called clubhouse cancer) that they got the bright idea to go after….Barry Bonds?

 Memo to the Rays, Barry isn’t much better.  The Giants are so glad to be rid of him that one Giant player said “the clubhouse is so much lighter.”  Not only are the Rays considering him, ESPN college basketball analyst and Rays season ticket holder Dick Vitale endorsed the ideaduring a phone interview on Sportscenter.  Come on Dicky V, say it ain’t so!  Actually, ESPN’s Buster Olney also thinks it would be a good idea as well for the Rays, but at least the reasons he gives make a little sense.

Barry has spent his entire career in the National League, but being in a DH role might be a good thing for Bonds, even if he’s never done it before with exception to interleague play.  Former Giants’ teammate Rich Aurilia brought up a good point when he was told about Bonds possibly being in a DH role, ”You have to be loose from the first inning,” Aurilia said. “You don’t get a chance to go out in the field and loosen up.”

You do have to admit 1 thing, he brings power to a young Rays lineup and protection to guys like Carlos Pena and Akinori Iwamura.  Bonds, if signed by the Rays, won’t have to hit in one of the biggest pitcher’s parks in baseball in AT&T Park.  He’ll get to hit in some of the biggest hitters parks in baseball like The Ballpark at Arlington, not to mention playing his home games at Tropicana Field.

The one thing I’d have to agree with Dicky V about, he will put butts in the seats at Tropicana Field.  Doing so might actually help the Rays payroll, something they desperately need

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