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BBWAA Selects Evan Longoria as 2008 AL Rookie of the Year
BBWAA Selects Evan Longoria as 2008 AL Rookie of the Year
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. Here is the complete voting break down from the BBWAA.
Longoria is AL rookie of year; Soto wins NL award
Longoria is AL rookie of year; Soto wins NL award
sports.espn.go.com — Rays third baseman Evan Longoria is the American League Rookie of the Year, and Cubs catcher Geovany... Soto is the NL winner. (more) Longoria is AL rookie of year; Soto wins NL award
2008 Team Defense by PMR
beyondtheboxscore.com — Although the season has recently come to a close, there's still a lot of good stuff going... on in the baseball blogosphere.  One of my favorite annual occurrences is the release of the results from various PBP fielding systems .  David ... (more) 2008 Team Defense by PMR

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