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Tampa Bay Rays All-Star third baseman Evan Longoria is already one of the faces of their franchise, and one of the brightest young stars in Major League Baseball.

The Rays made numerous bad decisions last winter. First of all, signing Pat Burrell and trading Edwin Jackson, but the biggest mistake was to give manager Joe Maddon a three-year contract extension.

Triple-A Durham manager Charlie Montoyo has been named the 2009 winner of the Mike Coolbaugh Award.

The potential covers for the upcoming video game Major League Baseball 2K10 have been leaked online, and they contain a local connection.

The Baseball Writers' Association of America will hand out their first two postseason awards on Monday, as the American and National League Rookies of the Year will be announced.

Ah, here we are yet again, sports fans: the offseason. Just a week after the Yankees won their 27th World Series trophy, the baseball world is itching and ready to go for next April, when our stars will finally take the field again for another season of America's Pastime.

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.