Evan Longoria News

Even though the Rays did not advance to the postseason in 2009, the team has several players in the running to receive awards commemorating their outstanding seasons.

Evan Longoria, the second Rays player to win a Gold Glove Award, at 24 is the youngest third baseman to win the AL honor since 2001 and the fourth-youngest third baseman to win in either league.

As 2010 projections start to be released, we will take a look at some of the more important ones from time to time.

How's this for the fun life of a musician in the rock band Tantric? On some nights, Marcus Ratzenboeck, who plays electric violin, performs in front of 25,000 fans in an arena or festival, or even a thousand or so like he will at Sammy T's Saturday night.

Speaking of that Delmon Young deal... With knowledge comes responsibility to review the past.

The "sign and trade" of Akinori Iwamura is another example of the Rays getting creative in order to acquire new talent.

There was something the Phillies could have done to prevent Johnny Damon 's stunning one-man double steal Sunday.

After Brad Lidge struck out Eric Hinske , after the champagne flowed in the clubhouse, after the floats had floated down Broad Street, and after the euphoria of watching the Phillies win the 2008 World Series finally subsided, you may have found yourself asking this question: How did the Phillies do it? More specifically, how were the Phils able to ...

Kelly Rein lives in Bordentown, the Mason-Dixon Line-like demarcation between Yankees fans to the north and Phillies fans to the south.

Don Zimmer has an opinion about everything. Daisuke Matsuzaka? "I hate watching him pitch," says the 78-year-old Zimmer, whose daughter and son-in-law live in Windham, N.H. Evan Longoria? "I could watch him swing the bat all day long.

Drivers Cat Manzi and Jason Bartlett were injured Saturday in an accident during a race at Freehold Raceway.

There were possibilities elsewhere, but Derek Shelton said he couldn't pass on the chance to coach a Tampa Bay Rays lineup that led the majors in stolen bases and set club records for home runs, walks and runs this season.

Trading LHP Scott Kazmir to the Angels was about the money, in that it allows the Rays to keep the core of their team together for 2010 and helps going forward with Carlos Pe?a, Carl Crawford and Grant Balfour headed toward 2011 free agency.

I was planning on writing about Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman even before I saw some banter going back and forth in the comments section of one of my prior posts.

A Where do you place David Wright among third baseman heading into 2010 after going as high as No.

Any thinking that the Rays will be highly aggressive this offseason after falling from first to third in the American League East can be forgotten.

Andy Pettitte is doing the same. In his final start of the regular season, Pettitte departed after 41/3 innings of the Yankees' 5-3 loss to the Rays last night.

Tampa Bay Rays' Evan Longoria flings his bat after striking out against Baltimore Orioles pitcher Chris Waters during the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Oct.

Yankees catcher Jose Molina misses the tag on Evan Longoria, center, as home plate umpire Rob Drake calls him safe in the fifth inning.

MLB: COL @ LAD Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria fields a ground ball during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in St.