EVAN LONGORIA RUMORS
Evan Longoria’s AL Player of the Week Award Earns Him Ketel One Honorable Moment
Evan Longoria‘s Tampa Bay Rays may have struggled for offense at times earlier this season, but they didn’t go wanting for runs last week.
That’s thanks in large part to Longoria’s hot-hitting ways, as the third baseman was named the American League’s Player of the Week for the week of games ending May 12. During that time, Longo hit .464 (13-for-28) with three home runs...
Rays thirdbaseman Evan Longoria named A.L. Player of the Week
After some major contributions to get the Rays back over .500, All-Star thirdbaseman Evan Longoria was named American League Player of the Week. Longoria lead the majors in RBIs (11), 27 total bases, had five doubles, three home runs, scored eight runs, hit .464, and had a slugging percentage of .964. He went 13-for-28 in the span of seven days. Manager Joe Maddon had this to say...
Rays' Longoria wins AL Player of the Week
Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria was named theAmerican Leagues Player of the Week for games played from May 6-12 Its the sixth such honor for Longoria, whos batting .333with nine home runs and 26 RBI this season. He hit .464 (13-for-28) with threehome runs, five doubles and 11 RBI over his last seven games. He currently has a seven-game hitting streak.The Rays, who have...
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Rays win on Longoria's walk-off HR
One swing of Evan Longoria's bat erased another night of frustration for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Longoria hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning off Padres closer Huston Street on Saturday night, rallying the Rays to an 8-7 victory over San Diego.
Street (0-2) retired the first two batters in the ninth before walking Ben Zobrist on a full count. Longoria...
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Evan Longoria blasts Rays past Padres in ninth
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning off Padres closer Huston Street, rallying the Tampa Bay Rays over San Diego 8-7 on Saturday night.
Street (0-2) retired the first two batters in the ninth before walking Ben Zobrist on a full count. Longoria followed with his ninth home run, handing Street his first blown...
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Evan Longoria walks to raise cancer research awareness
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Each person has a story, each a memory. Thats partly why Evan Longoria was one of more than 6,000 participants at the Miles for Moffitt event Saturday in Tampa, Fla., which raised money for research at the Moffitt Cancer Center.
No one is unaffected. No one is untouched. No one is above being inspired.
A lot of touching stories, the Tampa Bay Rays third...
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Are missed calls bad for baseball?
As a rule, Mondays suck, but as Mondays go, this is always a good one, as the Red Sox play a frightfully early home baseball game. On 2013′s Patriots’ Day, the Red Sox hosted the Rays, and it was 2-1 Boston in the top of the sixth when Evan Longoria batted with two down and runners on the corners. In a full count against Ryan Dempster, Longoria returned a grounder up the middle...
Rays 2013 roster and season preview
The Rays finished third and with a record of 90-72 in the A.L. East last season. To start the season, the Rays have placed designated hitter Luke Scott (right calf strain) on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 24, designated C Stephen Vogt and C Robinson Chirinos for assignment and reassigned C Craig Albernaz to the minor leagues. The Rays have selected the contracts...
A Rays stadium closer to, Orlando?
Major League Baseball has been publicly quiet regarding the stadium saga between the team and the city of St. Petersburg. Commissioner Bud Selig says the issue must be resolved but aside from that, nothing further has been said. Until Saturday morning. Via Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times, MLB union chief Michael Weiner said that the league has wondered what it would be like...
Evan Longoria - Baseball's most indispensable player?
It is good to be Evan Longoria. He is 27 years old and knows that he will make millions of dollars a season until the year 2023. That has to be a pretty darned good feeling. Not only that, he plays for a team that has been competitive and in the the thick of things for every season he has been in the majors. Then again, there might be a correlation between those two facts in the...
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