Longoria Is No Ordinary Rookie

m_taylor13 posted 7/21/2008 from seamheads.com [flag]

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria sure has done a lot since being recalled from Triple-A Durham on April 12. He participated in All-Star Home Run Derby, became the first rookie with an all-star game RBI since 1962, appeared on HBO’s Costas Now, received a congratulatory bottle of champagne from a famous actress of the same last name (Eva Longoria), and hit his first career grand ... [link]

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