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
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The players love it because you can measure yourself against other top prospects,
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He worked both sides of the plate and spotted his fastball well. We had some aggressive cuts against him, but he did a good job and kept us off balance. He is always tough and is very competitive.
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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.
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I've faced Barry a lot and he's had a lot of success against us. There's no reason to figure it out; just step back and keep looking for good pitches. Finishing strong showed why he's one of the best.
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They inoculated themselves against the worst part of it. Legislators around the state are huffing and puffing, trying to keep up with their constituencies and trying to do damage control. The Bucks delegation looks pretty smart.
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The mood in Beirut is that this is just a first step, and one that is mainly directed against the Syrians. You bring in people like this for a reason. The point I think is to give them a big slap and say the winds have changed and you had better start talking.
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We're tired of being a young team with upside. We believe our time is here.
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This was a big lift for us. Our starting pitching has done a great job for us. The offense has gotten off to a slow start but once we start clicking offensively, this could be a lot of fun.
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You had to make sure that you came to work with clothes that were appropriate to the weather.
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Besides that, the weather is great, the travel is a piece of cake, you can focus entirely on baseball and the facilities are first-class because games are played at Spring Training stadiums. I had a blast. Whoever thought of the AFL, it was a great idea.
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Beau and Daniel did a good job stepping in.
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As soon as it was announced, I told my agent to call Team USA and tell them I wanted to be in the WBC.
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To provide world-class patient care, we need everyone involved in the surgical process to have an accurate view of what is happening at any point for any patient. Now we can also bring better metrics to management. For example, we can immediately identify delays in OR turnaround times, investigate the cause, and develop solutions to reduce these types of delays.
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We want to win. The last thing we want to do every August is think about next year. ... We want to win right now.