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And yet, all postseason I’ve been hearing Michael Young hosannas. Great player. Classy player....

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And yet, all postseason I’ve been hearing Michael Young hosannas. Great player. Classy player. Fantastic player. Leader. Role model. Hero. Even this would be OK if Michael Young was having a great postseason. But at last check he was hitting .207 in the postseason. I don’t get it. Meanwhile, there actually IS an underrated guy on the Texas team that the announcers could be celebrating — Ian Kinsler. He has been an excellent defensive second baseman, and over his career he gets on base more than Young, he hits with more power than Young, he’s a much better base-stealer than Young, he’s a better base runner than Young. Kinsler too takes big advantage of his home ballpark, but he’s a better player than Michael Young and, as is the case for truly underrated players, nobody in the television booth seems to know it.

From Joe Posnanski's column today that is really about Tim McCarver and baseball broadcasts, but also has a multi-paragraph footnote about the deification of Michael Young.