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Longoria Nets AL Weekly Honors
MARC LANCASTER | The Tampa Tribune Published: July 1, 2008 ST. PETERSBURG - ST. PETERSBURG - Evan Longoria appreciated the significance of being named the American League Player of the Week on Monday. "That's a national stage," he said. "The AL, and the AL East especially, is not the easiest league to perform well in. I know we haven't been playing within our division, but just the AL in ...
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