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
balls dirt gold great half scoop threw
I told him he should give half of the Gold Glove to me for all the balls I threw in the dirt that he had to scoop up and made him look good. There's a lot of great first basemen in our league, but no one like Tex.
game help hits streak
It really wasn't that big of a deal. Granted, I want to get hits every game but not to keep a streak alive. I want to help us win.
fact field goal granted heading help means number stayed team
It means I've stayed healthy, ... That's always my number one goal heading into a season. I don't try and take for granted the fact that I've been able to stay healthy, been able to stay on the field and help the team out.
change definitely effort feeling giving guys hard love means return support teammates together year
It means a lot to have the support of your teammates and coaches, and the feeling is definitely mutual, ... I love the guys I play with. We play hard together and we play to win. Obviously, we haven't had the year we've wanted, but that isn't going to change our effort level. With the kind of support they are giving me, I'll return that to them every day.
best citizenship country everybody proud represent
This is what our country is all about. Everybody is proud of their American citizenship and they want to do the best they can to represent that.
miserable time
It was the most miserable part of any time I've been here.
close consider goal huge
It's about as close to our goal of 1,500 as we could get. We consider it a huge success.
together
It is still spring, but mentally, we're there already. We've already come together as a team, and that's what's important.
helping pride productive team
We know we're responsible for a lot our team's offense, and that's something that we take seriously. We take a lot of pride in being productive and helping the team win.
guy looking seeing themselves veterans
We have to get better. It comes down to every guy looking at themselves and seeing how we can get better, from veterans to rookies. There are no excuses. We have to find a way to get it done.
change goal hate less playing spring talent waste
In spring training, our goal was to get to the postseason, and we said anything less than that would be a disappointment, ... And that's not going to change now. We know that with all the talent we have in our clubhouse, we hate to waste it by not playing in the postseason.
course forth helps mediator people sitting solutions talking
It helps to have people talking to each other, usually with the mediator there, and through the course of that back and forth and sitting together, solutions will emerge.
healthy stay year
but to stay healthy and be consistent. This year I've been able to do that.
empty fatal good himself letting viewed
He's letting himself be viewed as a good guy, but an empty suit. And that's potentially fatal to him.