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
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.
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.
anyone good group hitting matter notch offensive players talented turn
We have a good group of offensive players and talented guys, so it's just a matter of us getting on the right track. Hitting is contagious. Anyone will tell you that, so it's just a matter of everyone getting on the same page, and then we should be able to turn it up a notch at that point.
easy effort loosen ourselves rough
We have to make an effort to loosen up a little bit, because it's easy to tighten up when you get off to a rough start. We need to make an effort to just go out there and have fun, be ourselves and go out and play a game.
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.
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.
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.
horrible knowledge lacking minorities stereotype terms
I think there is a horrible stereotype that suggests that minorities are lacking in terms of their knowledge of the fundamentals of baseball.
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.
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.
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.