michael young Stories - Lone Star Ball
Utah gains a player and loses its president
I've been lagging a bit over the last few days updating Block U as I prepared for Easter, so I do apologize. During my absence, two stories broke involving dramatically different entities of the University of Utah. The first is a pretty big one, as Michael Young, the president of the university...
UK Basketball: Remembering Melvin Turpin with an Assist from Former UK Guards Dicky Beal & Kyle Macy
Dateline: January 22, 1984 As I anxiously sat in a near empty Rupp Arena watching the No. 4 ranked Houston Cougars warming up for their contest against the third-ranked Kentucky Wildcats, I turned to my friends and said, "We have NO chance." The sight of Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Young, and Alvin...
Thursday a.m. things
Not much in the way of Rangers news this morning. BTB says that the D-Rays should trade Scott Kazmir, and goes through a few possible trade partners, with the Rangers (who, the author suggests, could part with Josh Hamilton to land Kazmir) mentioned. John Dewan looks at Michael Young's gold glove...
Sunday morning stuff
Well, one of the Ranger catchers is saying he wants to be dealt to Boston. And, surprisingly, it isn't Gerald Laird, who has put his foot in his mouth a few times in the past. No, this is Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who'd like to go to Boston: Jarrod Saltalamacchia can't hide his excitement when he...
Posnanski on the GG and Fielding Bible Awards
I was going to stop talking about the gold glove picks, and in particular, Michael Young, but I saw this item and figured I'd make one last post. Joe Posnanski, who is one of the balloters for the Fielding Bible Awards (and who is also one of the better baseball writers out there, I think)...
Friday morning things
As you might have heard, Michael Young won the A.L. GG for shortstop yesterday, and Evan Grant has an article up on Young being named the best defensive shortstop in the A.L. Jeff Wilson has an article on the economy's impact on the baseball world. Thusfar, he says, the impact isn't much... Mike...
Dave Cameron lays the smack down
Just...ouch: In 2005, Young was a pretty terrific player, even with the poor defense. He hit .331/.385/.513 in 732 plate appearances, combining quantity with quality to post a 2.50 WPA/LI. Even knocking 10 to 15 runs off his total for his lack of range, he was still an all-star quality player,...
Rob Neyer on the Young/GG situation
Rob Neyer weighs in...an excerpt: Michael Young and Derek Jeter are two of the worst everyday shortstops in recent history. And yet, Young and Jeter have now captured four of the last five American League Gold Gloves. Honestly, this is pretty mind-blowing (unless you've been paying attention to...
Confirmed: Michael Young wins the Gold Glove
T.R. Sullivan confirms that Michael Young has won the gold glove for shortstop in the A.L. this year. Over at the DMN blog, Evan Grant doesn't understand why Rangers fans are complaining about this rather than celebrating it. My response to that question is that, quite simply, the award is a...
Thursday a.m. things
Well, Michael Young has supposedly won the gold glove in the American League at shortstop. I talked about this last night, so I won't belabor it again this morning, other than to note that, for what it is worth, Young wasn't as bad this season as he has been in the past. He still wasn't good --...
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