Michael Young
Michael Young
7-time MLB All-Star and long time Texas Ranger who won the 2005 American League batting title and helped take the Rangers to the World Series in 2010 and 2011.
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 October 1976
CityCovina, CA
bit everybody far great offer playing successful
That was a great thing about playing for that team, everybody has something to offer as far as what they've done to be successful in their careers. I was able to take a little bit from everybody and what they had to offer.
believe field letting matter strongly talent
That's the only way to look at it. If you don't feel strongly about it, then you really don't believe it. There is a lot of talent in this clubhouse, now it's a matter of going out on the field and letting it loose.
close experience games mostly sat
Mostly we just sat on the bench. But we got to see great, close games and we got to experience it.
party rodney
I think Rodney has been disingenuous about his party all along.
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I think he's doing all he can possibly do, probably.
goal hit hope
We hope that we will be able to hit the goal of 847 on Thursday.
eight expect games innings keeps starter
We don't expect him to go eight innings every night. But if he keeps us in games as the No. 5 starter that's going to be big.
carry hit rest
It hasn't really hit me yet. But I know it's something I can carry with me the rest of my life.
against anybody best expect good hit letting obviously running teams third unbalanced
With the unbalanced schedule, over a third of our at-bats are against these teams so it's important for him to go out and get a feel for these guys. Obviously we don't expect anybody to hit .450, but the best thing you can do is keep running him out there and letting him have good at-bats.
bat cubs great guy handling job loved pitching playing swinging
He's a great guy and a great player. I loved playing with him. He's a very competitive guy who did a great job handling the pitching staff. He was really swinging the bat well and I think he'll do a great job with the Cubs and have a great year.
gets seeing signs year
Typically, right after the first of the year usually gets pretty bad, and we're seeing the first signs of that.
bit care dropped expect guy help initially jimmy playing second team time
I expect to play a little bit of both. Initially they told me that I would get my playing time at second base, but then Jimmy Rollins dropped out so I'm the only guy on the roster who can play both. I don't care where I play; I just want to be able to help the team as much as possible.
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I am still conducting an investigation, ... We are continuing our investigation.
eat game good instead meal personally start waiting wake
Personally I think it's better to play in the day than at night. Instead of waiting around all day for the game to start all we have to do is wake up, eat a good meal and then play football.