It would be completely different if Andrus was knocking at the door of the majors and it was a question of MY at third and Andrus at SS, or MY at SS and Andrus. But that is years off. When that comes, Young will move over.

This situation is very similar to the Teixeira / Adrian Gonzalez situation. AGon was knocking at the door, but he could only play a position currently fielded by the team’s resident all-star. The difference was that Teixeira was a gold glove 1b himself (though I don’t believe as good as AGon), so there wasn’t that motivation for the team to make a move. Also, like Young, Tex had successfully moved once before for the team. Both players were/have been perennial all stars at that position.

We know what happened in that case – AGon got traded because there was no where to play him, and now is a star in SD. I think that Young remembers that story, and would rather see Andrus come up in Texas than with, say, San Diego. I think that Young is a better “team player” than Teixeira ever was, and he’ll move when the time comes.

Young isn’t an idiot – if Andrus is as good defensively as everyone says he is, then Young will see that the best move is to go to 3rd. That time isn’t here yet, but when it comes Young will move. Think about it, it has to be a lot easier to see that some rookie is a phenom than to just admit that you are the problem.

Although your comp could be more accurate:

Them: Your 12:00pm Tuesday & Thursday class is being changed to 8:00 am Monday-Friday. We have a better student transferring in next semester, so we need to make room for him.

You: Man, that’s so wiggity-wiggity-whack! I didn’t ask for this!

Them: You did excel at dragging your ass to class by 12:05, hangover and all, and did grunt a few times during class discussions, but, we felt the move was needed.

You: Fuck this, I am so transferring to CCCC!

“I can’t envision what’s going to happen down the road, but for right now and the near future, any position other than shortstop is not an option.”

I don’t think Young should move off SS right now either, but when players make concrete statements about where they are going to be playing, it turns me off.

That said, I think Young will graciously move to 3B when and if Andrus makes the case. I think Young understands his role and he definitely understands the amount he is being paid to accept that role.

I lied. I have other problems with Young as well.

to what I said to lonestar Jon bandwagondriver last night:

how would you feel if the day after your colleague changed jobs a bunch of people came to you asking "so when are you going to admit you need to take a less challenging position"? I think 99 out of 100 people would respond as Young did, if they have any pride in their work.

Your analogy of the college kid is a good one. I think this is much ado about nothing, as every single Michael Young quote usually is. Ever since he signed the extension people expect him to be the best player on the field and the best public speaker. If his teammates and manager and the front office don’t have a problem with him, I don’t either. He is stubborn, proud, and perhaps a bit full of himself, but I sure would be if most players in the league held me in such respect.

this is bullshit. “Put yourself in MY’s shoes.”

Ok…so for starters my boss is paying me $6,174,974. Let’s keep that in mind as we go.
I’m the Director of IT for my organization.

There are rumors going around that my boss might want me to be the Director of Communications because I might not be keeping up the the changes in IT fast enough.

My first thought is…am I going to make the same amount of money? Yes
Am I going to enjoy the new job? Yes
Are people going to wonder why I moved (i.e.: ego)? Absolutely
Am I worried about what people will think? You bet
Has it been explained why the organization is making the move? Not yet, but everyone pretty much knows why…it doesn’t need to be spelled out.

My point…MY’s only problem here is ego. He’s getting paid a whole hell of a lot of money to do his job and his bosses have the ABSOLUTE right to tell him to play another position. Take into account the Alfonso Soriano situation. If you are MY, you keep your freaking mouth shut on the subject until it is approached by management or you feel compelled to approach them. Using the media as a mouthpiece is NOT what a leader does and certainly not a FOTF.

Me in the shows of MY…

“Damnit, why am I such a D-Bag?”

He’s taken care to say the right things (as he usually does) so you can’t accuse him of outright saying he won’t move, but his attutude is made quite clear: he does not want to move off shortstop. And he seems insulted by the possibility that it might happen – kinda reminds me of Alfonso Soriano.

If you’ll note, while he never says he won’t move to third, he never says he will, either – he just says there will be “discussions”.

If MY does not want to make a voluntary move to third base, we should trade him, in my opinion. He’s obviously not the leader or team player he’s made out to be, and he’s only gonna provide sub-par production for the third base position anyway.

He doesn’t seem to want to be this teams Cal Ripken – so don’t make him one.

What’s wrong with him at the plate lately? He doesn’t seem like himself. He is
1) jumping at pitches
2) swinging at balls out of the zone
3) trying to pull outside pitches instead of going with them.
Not very Mike Young like lately

thank God i gained that 25 pounds of muscle that one offseason, because of that i’m 80MM+ richer. What what!!