Rays' Longoria excited to be in the majors

 
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- For now, the future can wait for Evan Longoria. He became a big leaguer... [link]

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Al Reyes Spits Blood, Gets Tasered, Gets The Win

This may get overshadowed by Longoria getting called up and debuting Saturday , or by Carl Crawford’s 1,000 hit, or by EGDC Carlos Pena’s 2 home runs and 6 RBI, but Al Reyes deserves mad props. Around 2:30 am, Reyes was reportedly spitting blood at patrons at a Tampa nightspot. And then was tasered . Twice. Less than 20 hours later, Reyes was on the mound in the 8th inning of ...
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Rays Push Back Evan Longoria's Payday

The Tampa Bay Rays have called up highly-touted prospect Evan Longoria. After spending just thirteen days in the minors, this year will not count toward his MLB service. Now, Longoria will have to wait a little longer to see the big payday.
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[EVAN LONGORIA] In The End It Was All About The Money

Evan Longoria has been promoted from AAA Durham and will make his major league debut tonight for the Tampa Bay Rays against the Baltimore Orioles. The timing of the promotion raises several questions: 1. What has Longoria done in two weeks at Durham ...
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Longoria in, who is out?

So much for not being ready for the major leagues. Tampa Bay Rays star 3B prospect Evan Longoria was called up to the majors from AAA-Durham and made his major league debut tonight against the Baltimore Orioles. I thought this guy wasn’t ready for the Majors??? Well, I thought he was but the Rays front office didn’t.
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Odds And Ends: Crisp, Spiezio, Lahey, Longoria

Here are a few notes from the MLBiverse... Terry Francona sounds like a manager that is frustrated and wishes the Red Sox would go ahead and trade Coco Crisp . After starting Crisp for the second straight game, Francona said "The more [ Jacoby ...
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