Saw this today in the Baseball Prospectus' daily newsletter. Got me to thinking, so some deeper looking at stats on from ESPN.com shows that the Dirtbag is tops in Fielding Percentage (.974), 7th in Range Factor (2.65) and 7th in Zone Rating (.795) , tied for first in Errors (7), and 3rd in Putouts (71) in qualified AL 3B.

If looking at overall quality of the players, where do you think E-Long would sit?

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Per Lancaster and yesterdays edition of the Rays Report seen here at: http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/rays-swing-back-into-action/

Yesterday, Eva Longoria had a bottle of champagne and a personal note awaiting Evan in the clubhouse. Today, Evan hits his first Grand Slam. Coincidence? Perhaps not. Go for it, big guy. Tony Parker's not THAT big.

Go Rays (and Eva)!

 - The only Rays fan in this part of East Tennesse.