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
came capable knew learn people shut tired tough
I had to learn to kind of let things go in one ear and out the other. It was kind of tough as a young player. I knew what I was capable of. Once '03 came around, I was tired of it. I wanted to shut some people up, and I wanted to have a big year.
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There was an initial run up of several dollars per barrel in crude last week. It's given up nearly all those gains.
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I want to take some deep breaths, get a pitch I can handle, put the barrel of the bat on it and hopefully find a hole.
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It's never happened before (in Pennsylvania), to my knowledge. It raises questions about his preparedness for office.
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The minute I found out about this tournament, I asked my agent to find out what I needed to do to get in. My excitement hasn't changed.
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The fear of God is going to be gone.
mean playing wins
I'm not going to downplay something so significant; it would mean a lot. But, at the same time, it's not what I'm playing for. I'm playing for us to get as many wins as possible.
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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.
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I'm really trying not to think about it. I've been doing the best I can to just focus on finishing out the schedule for the right reasons, and that's to try to help the team win as many games.
approach simple trying
I'm just trying to have a very simple approach in that situation,
fluctuate goes
I'm just going to try and do what I can do, but it can fluctuate so much, ... If someone goes 20-for-30 and they win, I'm not going to be disappointed.
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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.
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At some point, ... affordability becomes a negative factor on demand.
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Don't get me wrong, there was bad stuff going on in the streets, but the police is dirty.