With no logical reason to slice and dice into the Rays new ownership, Huff decided to vent his frustrations at the fans effectively saying how nice it will be to play in front of a large home town crowd for a change.

Maybe Aubrey Huff forgot how the sea of blue sea of empty seats came about or possibly stopped by one Vince Naimoli's closeted retreat to say goodbye before heating over to the airport.

That's right Aubrey, it's the fan's fault that the Rays were the butt of late night television. Didn't know that some fan from section 142 could win 20-games? Was the Heckler capable of hitting .340 and cover you in April and May while you "vacationed" in the lineup?

It was never about you, was it? Maybe it was time for you to move on because there are other self-centered players on the way to the Trop.

Now that is not to put a knock on B.J. Upton who I believe will be not only a mainstay on this club for years but will become a model citizen to boot. You can bet Carl Crawford will take him under his wing and make sure of that.

But the one that think the whole baseball world evolves around him is quite suited to take over the locker once occupied by that man was was appropriately named like the big bad wolf in the three little pigs fable. He huffed and puffed and blew the fans house down.

Delmon Young will finally get his chance to play in the bigs, not so much as a reward for what he has done but more for the opportunity to see what he is capable of doing on the grand stage. Obviously, if I had my druthers he would be told to have a nice off-season once the Durham Bulls season concludes. Only I am not the one making the call here.

So I offer up this suggestion to Rays management.

With Young's propensity to bark at the press and be so out of character for a professional, ballplayer or otherwise, there is so much room in Huff's old digs that DY can eliminate half of his problems. Should he grow up or is traded, it can then be handed over to Elijah Dukes and any subsequent Toe Nash-types.

As Young is proving that he is this generation's Greta Garbo where he just want to be left alone, there is a perfect place to create

"Delmon's No Media Zone." The locker borders the entrance to the "off limit" areas such as the trainer's room, where players have their post-game meal and other things.

Constructing a plexiglass bubble around the locker that extends a bit to the right allowing Young access to the back areas would keep him away from the people he claims are making all these mountains out of ant hills. A little hockeyesque if you will.

That creates the separation but just in case there are days where he goes 5-5 with 5-RBI and feels like gracing the media with a word or three, little circles can be cut out so we can stick in our recorders or mikes and not infringe on his space.

Don't get me wrong. Personality and temperment aside, I would be fighting to be at the top Big Trop screaming to bring this kid up because he really has nothing left to prove down on the farm. There is even a place on the roster for him.

When the biggest goal at this stage of the season is catching the Orioles for fourth place and you have already unloaded Julio Lugo, Mark Hendrickson and the aforementioned fan loving Huff in trades plus losing all-everything Ty Wigginton to injury, one can make a case for the talented Young.

The right-fielder may get the old "cup-of-coffee" when the rosters expand in September, maybe before if the need should arise. But I am from the old school where I believe you earn your way to the bigs in all aspects of the game.

A bat and a big mouth does not not qualify.

If that were the case wrestler Brian Knobbs would be dressed right now. He even has something that endears him to the Rays owner - his own cowbell - and is fun to watch too as he trapes around using all three to get fans into the game.

On some clubs, Young would already be wearing big league threads. The Yankees are the first team that comes to mind because there are 25-corporations in the clubhouse and chemestry is not as important as winning is.

On the flip side, the Rays are a young club and chemistry is everything as you grow together and learn to win, something that has been desperately lacking on the west coast of the Sunshine State. Once you get there, plugging in a Delmon Young would mean diddle in the grand scheme of things.

With B.J. Upton, you get a youngster that may have been caught up with the wrong crowd and has paid for it.

His refusal to move to another position may have been agent related. "Your offensive talents could make you more money at shortstop than any other position," he could have been told. His stance made him look more like an "I" guy that a team player.

His recent acceptance of a third-base switch may be one indication that he is starting to get it.

Getting popped for DUI didn't help his cause, however, it was underage DUI that made people point more fingers. To his credit, he immediately contacted the parent club and started the process of damage control.

Little by little you can almst see the maturity trying to break out of his 21-year old body.

Fair or not, Upton has been grouped into Durham's "Devil's Triangle." It's been Bulls this, Bulls that and at the center are the threesome.

Upton appears to be pulling off a line and turning it into an upside-down letter instead of a symbol and that is good news for Anderw Friedman and the rest of the Devil Rays.