Geo Soto, Evan Longoria: 2008 Rookies Of The Year

Congratulations to friend of the site Evan Longoria for being unanimously named 2008 American League Rookie Of The Year. That Cuban guy from Chicago and Joke-oby Ellsbury of the Red Sox finished second and third. The unanimous vote gives me a little hope that E-Love will also walk away with another trophy he deserves, 2008 [...]

MLN Newswire - 11.11.08 - Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria was a unanimous choice as the American League winner of the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award. He became the first player in Tampa Bay’s 11 seasons to win a BBWAA award. Longoria, 23, was the MLN FAB50 Baseball ...

Major League Baseball started rolling out their individual awards Monday, naming Geovany Soto and Evan Longoria the National League and American League Rookies of the Year, respectively. Longoria, a third baseman for the AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays, was the unanimous selection of the Baseball Writers Association of America. He notched 27 homers and 85 RBIs in his first...

Chicago Cubs' catcher Geovany Soto and Tampa Bay Rays' third baseman Evan Longoria won the 2008 NL and AL Rookie of the Year Awards, respectively.Following a season of breakthroughs for the AL champion Rays, Longoria became the first Tampa Bay player to win a national award from the Baseball ...

Rays third baseman Evan Longoria and Cubs catch Geovany Soto were named winners of their respective leagues' 2008 Rookie of the Year Awards.Soto hit .285/.364/.504 with 23 HR and 86 RBI for Chicago. And Longoria hit .272/.343/.531 with 27 HR and 85 RBI for Tampa.

I've always thought that the point of the Rookie of the Year award was to recognize a player who has played his first full year in the majors and done the most with the least amount of experience at a younger age.

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According to several reports, Cubs' catcher Geovany Soto was named the NL Rookie of the Year on Monday becoming the organization's first rookie of the year since Kerry Wood in 1998. Soto received 31 of 32 first place votes.... Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds received the other first place vote.

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I am still recovering from the Cubs loss this post season, so forgive me if this is a little late. I still need to take a few minutes here to give Geo Soto some props for his regular season this year, so here goes.Soto was definitely one of the Cubs MVP's this season, and it was great to see ...

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