ST. PETERSBURG — A small handful of people were looking for Erasmo Ramirez late Sunday morning, but the Rays right-hander was nowhere to be found. He wasn’t at his locker, and a member of the team’s public relations staff checked the trainer’s room and the lunch room.
No sign of Ramirez.
Then a video surfaced of a group of mascots gathered at Tropicana Field for Raymond’s FUR-ternity party. They were dancing in the concourse for fans arriving early for the game with the New York Mets. Dancing with them: Erasmo Ramirez.
“I had nothing else to do,” Ramirez said when he returned to the clubhouse.