mvn.com - 7/5/2009
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Evan Longoria, the starting third baseman for the American League 2009 All-Star team, has been a funk since exploding in April. His left hamstring has been bothering him since late May, and his offensive production has gone down. In 85 June PAs, Longoria hit an OPS of .752 down from the 1.134 in ...
Longoria's Slump Is A Comfort Thing
mvn.com 7/9/2009 — [This was suppose to be up earlier so things can change in tonight's game.] Baseball statistics can tell a lot about a player. Although most of the traditional stats won't go into the process of a baseball player (most important part), some sabermetrics go into and with pitch f/x starting to ...
Mental Mastery: Evan Longoria's Leap To Stardom
mvn.com 8/6/2009 —
It's the little things you
don't see.
He stands a few feet behind
the bag at third, spikes lazily grooming the dirt beneath his Nikes, and
exhales. A slap of the glove combined with two steps forward, and he's in the
"circle." Just as quickly - as soon as the pitch reaches the catcher's ...
Longorious Chart
mvn.com 7/18/2009 — If you were paying attention to the telecast, you should have heard color man Brian Anderson talk about through the replay that Evan Longoria's home run came off a changeup from a pitcher that threw in the mid 90s. That at-bat was a doozy after Longoria got three straight fastballs at 95, 97, ...
The Rays Without Longoria
mvn.com 6/5/2009 — Evan Longoria wants to play today, and may well be in the starting lineup. If not, definitely a pinch-hitter or defensive replacement late inning. He has said he almost definitely will start on Saturday. This season, Longoria has missed only four games and five starts (thanks Joe) out of the 58 ...
Longoria's GIDPs Are Well Timed (At The End)
mvn.com 7/28/2009 — The ground ball double play is a pitcher's best friend and a hitter's worst outcome when putting the ball into play. It hurts the hitter because it gives your team 2 outs or ends the inning. The same reason why it is craved by pitchers. The hitter that is tied for the Major League lead just so ...
Longoria's Hammy Acting Up Again
mvn.com 6/25/2009 — The Rays third baseman Evan Longoria left the game in the top of the eighth after feeling soreness in his left hamstring after hitting a double in the sixth inning. This was the same hamstring that forced him out almost a week earlier this month. It was a precautionary reason for taking him out ...
The Inconsistent Play of Evan Longoria
raysallday.com 7/10/2009 — Evan Longoria started the 2009 season on fire. After ten games, he was hitting .429 with five home runs and 12 RBI. But, lately, there’s growing talk about the seemingly prolonged slump that he has been in. Typically, the conversation turns to when he missed some games due to hamstring ...
If Longoria Could Get Hot At The Plate...
mvn.com 8/5/2009 — I missed the E:60 piece on Evan Longoria because I was watching him at the game marathon! And watching him included some very nice defensive plays on pop ups and smart plays like a 5-3 double play. At the plate, Longoria was all or nothing having 7 PAs: four strikeouts, an intentional walk, and ...
Longoria's Strikezone 6-11
mvn.com 6/12/2009 — A couple of Longoria posts recently discussing his "hole" one using his hot zone chart and one looking at where he was pitched too in Monday's game against the Yankees. For now, I took all pitches he saw against the Angels in game where he broke a career long 0-19 hitless streak and a 7 game, 12 ...
Longoria Out of AS Game
mlbnotebook.com 7/14/2009 — ESPN : Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria is out of the American League starting lineup for the All-Star Game because of an infected right ring finger. He is being replaced in the starting lineup for Tuesday night's game by Texas Rangers third baseman Michael Young, who will bat ...
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