MLB Rookies Of The Year Announced
Evan Longoria is AL Rookie of Year, Geovany Soto wins NL award
AP
Published: November 11, 2008
Published: November 11, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) - Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria is the American League Rookie of the Year, and Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto is the NL winner.
Following a season of breakthroughs for the AL champion Rays, Longoria became the first Tampa Bay player to win a national award from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He was a unanimous winner Monday, receiving all 28 first-place votes.
Soto, who helped the Cubs win the NL Central title, got 31 of 32 first-place votes. The other went to Cincinnati’s Joey Votto.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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