Longoria is AL rookie of year; Soto wins NL award (flag)

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.

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The Suspense Was Killing Me
ShysterBall — Geovany Soto and Even Longoria are the Rookies of the Year. If you're surprised by this news, I suggest that you think long and hard about how big a baseball fan you really are.

Monday Mendozas
ESPN Blog Feed: Neyer Rob — ... . • Was this the most boring year ever for rookies of the year? There certainly weren't any surprises Monday, as the two winners collected 59 of 60 first-place votes . I wound up picking ...

Votto finishes 2nd in ROY voting
Dunn and Dunner — Not really a surprise, but worth mentioning. I honestly think he should have won it because he is cute and doesn't have a terrible mustache like Geovanny Soto. ESPN: Soto, the steady catcher who helped the Cubs win the NL Central title, got 31 of 32 first-place votes. The other went to Cincinnati's Joey Votto.

2008 MLB Rookie of the Year: Geovany Soto Wins NL, Alexei Ramirez 2nd in AL
Midwest Sports Fans — ... Chicago Cubs catcher Geovanny Soto was named NL Rookie of the Year earlier today, capturing 31 out of 32 possible first place votes. Apparently either Dusty Baker or Joe Morgan has a vote, because one vote inexplicably went to Reds first baseman Joey Votto. It wasn’t even really a race in the NL this year — Geovanny Soto had a very strong first season and deserved to be Rookie of the Year. ...

Busy day for baseball
New York Yankees Fan Blog — While there were no surprises in the Rookie of the Year announcements , the big surprise yesterday goes to the A's and their GM Billy Beane. ...

Take Five for Baseball
Women Like Sports — ... Rays third baseman Evan Longoria was recently named the American League Rookie of the Year. Ha! A player from the Tampa Bay Rays! Seriously! Talk about validation. Longoria is only one of the many young stars that keep the franchise afloat. The lineup is chock full of the young and talented like Matt Garza and Dioner Navarro. On the other side of the diamond, first baseman Carlos Pena got a Golden Glove nod for himself. More validation. Hopefully the team stays mostly intact through this offseason so they can come back strong next year. The team can only get better. ...

Morning Rounds, November 11th
The Sports Complex — ... “Liquid crystal, bro. I am liquid crystal.”- Lenny Dykstra Three lines on their world: In a surprise move Matt Holliday was traded to Oakland Evan Longoria and Geovany Soto picked up some new hardware And College Basketball is finally back Three lines on ours: The Phillies made a flurry of small moves The Sixers go back to work tonight against Kyle ...

Awards and More Awards
Baseball Analysts — On the day before Veterans' Day, the Baseball Writers Association of America announced its Rookie of the Year Awards. Third baseman Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays and catcher Geovany Soto of the Chicago Cubs were named the American League and National League Rookies of the Year for the 2008 season. Longoria and Soto received 59 of the 60 first place votes with the former becoming the AL's first unanimous winner since Nomar Garciaparra in 1997. Longoria and Garciaparra both prepped at St. ...