The miniature toilet that mysteriously showed up in the Rays' home dugout last week — and is soon to appear on the road — was arranged by 3B Evan Longoria. It's an old idea from Rays sports psychologist/performance consultant Ken Ravizza, going back to his days with Longoria at Long Beach State.Though the players don't want to talk much about it, the concept is pretty much what you'd think: It's imperative to be able to flush away each pitch. 
"You can make that assumption," Longoria said. "It's just kind of a get-rid-of-it-tool, a fun way to just kind of say, 'That's in the past.' "Ravizza has often used the toilet as a device with various teams, making the deep-thinking connection that his father was a plumber — as was Rays manager Joe Maddon's.Ravizza used to have a stash of such toilets — which are battery-powered and do make a flushing sound — but he has had to resort to searching the Internet for them. He found this one, Longoria had the TB logo added, and the Rays have another way to deal with their latest mess.Marc Topkin, Tampa Bay Times
"You can make that assumption," Longoria said. "It's just kind of a get-rid-of-it-tool, a fun way to just kind of say, 'That's in the past.' "Ravizza has often used the toilet as a device with various teams, making the deep-thinking connection that his father was a plumber — as was Rays manager Joe Maddon's.Ravizza used to have a stash of such toilets — which are battery-powered and do make a flushing sound — but he has had to resort to searching the Internet for them. He found this one, Longoria had the TB logo added, and the Rays have another way to deal with their latest mess.Marc Topkin, Tampa Bay Times
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