Author Topic: Does Michael Young have a ranch in Texas? (Read 6996 times)

Lurch · « **on:** January 12, 2009, 11:56:26 am »

Wants out of Arlington after being told he must move from SS to 3B

Would the Astros be interested if they're on his short list?
Would Tejada move to 3rd?
Does this thread count as "sources say Young to Houston is being considered"

jonbloozy · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2009, 12:03:34 pm »

Quote from: Lurch on January 12, 2009, 11:56:26 am

Wants out of Arlington after being told he must move from SS to 3B

Would the Astros be interested if they're on his short list?
Would Tejada move to 3rd?
Does this thread count as "sources say Young to Houston is being considered"

A source is a source, of course, of course

-JdJO

moriartp · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2009, 12:04:42 pm »

He's expensive and plays shitty defense at a position he doesn't want to move from, so I don't expect the Astros will be terribly interested.

Limey · « **Reply #3 on:** January 12, 2009, 12:05:57 pm »

Quote from: muircheartaigh on January 12, 2009, 12:04:42 pm

He's expensive and plays shitty defense at a position he doesn't want to move from.

See Tejada, Miguel. Oh wait...

VirtualBob · « **Reply #4 on:** January 12, 2009, 01:20:47 pm »

Quote from: muircheartaigh on January 12, 2009, 12:04:42 pm

He's expensive and plays shitty defense at a position he doesn't want to move from, so I don't expect the Astros will be terribly interested.

but he won a gold glove!!

S.P. Rodriguez · « **Reply #5 on:** January 12, 2009, 02:09:14 pm »

Quote from: Limey on January 12, 2009, 12:05:57 pm

See Tejada, Miguel. Oh wait...

Difference is, upon seeing Tejada most agreed he's a pretty solid SS. Having watched Young, I can attest he is not. Mostly for range, there are gaping holes between the areas he and the 3B cover and more between he and 2B. Not the player covering second, actual second base. He used to have a pretty good arm so he had that. This could potentially extend his career. I don't know what he's crying about...

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #6 on:** January 12, 2009, 02:14:22 pm »

Quote from: S.P. Rodriguez on January 12, 2009, 02:09:14 pm

This could potentially extend his career. I don't know what he's crying about...

See Ripken, Cal, Jr.

Lurch · « **Reply #7 on:** January 12, 2009, 02:18:06 pm »

Quote from: S.P. Rodriguez on January 12, 2009, 02:09:14 pm

Difference is, upon seeing Tejada most agreed he's a pretty solid SS. Having watched Young, I can attest he is not. Mostly for range, there are gaping holes between the areas he and the 3B cover and more between he and 2B. Not the player covering second, actual second base. He used to have a pretty good arm so he had that. This could potentially extend his career. I don't know what he's crying about...

Alternatively...

Quote

He said he would consider returning to second base, his previous position, for another team.

Gizzmonic · « **Reply #8 on:** January 12, 2009, 02:39:06 pm »

Quote from: Lurch on January 12, 2009, 02:18:06 pm

Alternatively...

Read between the lines, I guess...sick of playing in Dallas. Who can blame him?

mrpink · « **Reply #9 on:** January 12, 2009, 04:03:24 pm »

Quote from: Gizzmonic on January 12, 2009, 02:39:06 pm

Read between the lines, I guess...sick of playing in Dallas. Who can blame him?

Or does he just recognize that they already have Ian Kinsler playing there?

dirty steve · « **Reply #10 on:** January 12, 2009, 06:49:57 pm »

Quote from: VirtualBob on January 12, 2009, 01:20:47 pm

but he won a gold glove!!

see:
Palmeiro, rafael.

Reuben · « **Reply #11 on:** January 12, 2009, 09:23:32 pm »

Quote from: Lurch on January 12, 2009, 02:18:06 pm

Alternatively...

If only the Astros could convince him to switch to catcher...

toddthebod · « **Reply #12 on:** January 12, 2009, 10:16:02 pm »

He's getting paid like $15 million a year for the next five years. He hit less home runs than Tejada in a ridiculous bandbox of a stadium. Why the hell would we want him?

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #13 on:** January 13, 2009, 06:18:14 am »

Quote

Young, 32, was told of the position change in December and said he is opposed to moving to third base because he was given no choice in the matter.

"I want to make that clear. I've been basically told what's in store for me if I hope to be a Ranger next year. That I'm a third baseman. That's why I'm taking the stance I'm taking."

Young, told the team he will not move to third base to make way for highly touted prospect Elvis Andrus.

Up until now, I didn't know that Michael Young was a shithead.

Gizzmonic · « **Reply #14 on:** January 13, 2009, 09:17:05 am »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on January 13, 2009, 06:18:14 am

Up until now, I didn't know that Michael Young was a shithead.

Yeah, we're talking about the worst defensive shortshop in baseball (or 2nd worse behind Jeter, depending on who you ask) and he won't move to 3B? Ridiculous.

If he does get traded, where do you think he'll end up? Maybe the Reds-Rangers pipeline is still open.

homer · « **Reply #15 on:** January 15, 2009, 08:30:43 pm »

Young will move...

"After some careful consideration over the last month or so, and in an effort to not let this thing drag out and move forward at the task at hand -- which is winning baseball -- I've decided to put an end to this and start bearing down and playing third base."
....
"In my heart, I'm a middle infielder," Young said. "I don't believe the team was really pursuing a trade. They were trying to get me to play third base. So, I didn't see much of a point in letting this thing drag on."

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #16 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:28:29 am »

Quote from: homer on January 15, 2009, 08:30:43 pm

Young will move...

"After some careful consideration over the last month or so, and in an effort to not let this thing drag out and move forward at the task at hand -- which is winning baseball -- I've decided to put an end to this and start bearing down and playing third base."
....
"In my heart, I'm a middle infielder," Young said.

In my heart I'm a TV game show host and an international man of mystery.

strosrays · « **Reply #17 on:** January 16, 2009, 08:01:30 am »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on January 16, 2009, 06:28:29 am

In my heart I'm a TV game show host and an international man of mystery.

Michael Young, Schmichael Young. I'd prefer that they get Neil Young.

BUWebguy · « **Reply #18 on:** January 16, 2009, 10:36:01 am »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on January 16, 2009, 06:28:29 am

In my heart I'm a TV game show host and an international man of mystery.

Sphinx = Chuck Barris?

Limey · « **Reply #19 on:** January 16, 2009, 10:39:09 am »

Quote from: BUWebguy on January 16, 2009, 10:36:01 am

Sphinx = Chuck Barris?

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence...unless Sphinx has been there in which case it's coloured red by the blood of the unholy.

ETA: Maybe he's related to this guy.

"Drummond... has the appearance of an English gentleman: a man who fights hard, plays hard and lives clean... His best friend would not call him good-looking but he possess that cheerful type of ugliness which inspires immediate confidence ... Only his eyes redeem his face. Deep-set and steady, with eyelashes that many women envy, they show him to be a sportsman and an adventurer. Drummond goes outside the law when he feels the ends justify the means."

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #20 on:** January 16, 2009, 07:39:06 pm »

Chuck Norris, Chuck Barris, Chuck Berry, Chuck Biscuits, Chuck Zito, Keith Tkachuk... they're all a bunch of pansies. If Chuck Connors were alive he kick all their asses, then for good measure, shoot 'em in the knee cap with his rifle.

Taras Bulba · « **Reply #21 on:** January 17, 2009, 07:24:41 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on January 16, 2009, 07:39:06 pm

Chuck Norris, Chuck Barris, Chuck Berry, Chuck Biscuits, Chuck Zito, Keith Tkachuk... they're all a bunch of pansies. If Chuck Connors were alive he kick all their asses, then for good measure, shoot 'em in the knee cap with his rifle.

My old man loved Chuck Connors in The Rifleman. When I later told him that Chuck played for the other team, he couldn't believe it.

Remember Connors in "Branded?"

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #22 on:** January 18, 2009, 08:47:46 am »

Quote from: Taras Bulba on January 17, 2009, 07:24:41 pm

My old man loved Chuck Connors in The Rifleman. When I later told him that Chuck played for the other team, he couldn't believe it.

Remember Connors in "Branded?"

He played for the Cubs? Fuck him.

strosrays · « **Reply #23 on:** January 18, 2009, 09:38:58 am »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on January 18, 2009, 08:47:46 am

He played for the Cubs? Fuck him.

The Celtics, too.

JimR · « **Reply #24 on:** January 18, 2009, 10:09:43 am »

That was Gene Conley, not Connors?

VirtualBob · « **Reply #25 on:** January 19, 2009, 10:27:35 am »

Quote from: JimR on January 18, 2009, 10:09:43 am

That was Gene Conley, not Connors?

Right ... Gene Conley played for the Celtics (as well as the Braves & Red Sox). Connors played for the Cubs one year, but no NBA team that I can recall.

JimR · « **Reply #26 on:** January 19, 2009, 10:29:34 am »

Quote from: VirtualBob on January 19, 2009, 10:27:35 am

Right ... Gene Conley played for the Celtics (as well as the Braves & Red Sox). Connors played for the Cubs one year, but no NBA team that I can recall.

we're wrong. Connors played for the Celtics in 1946.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #27 on:** January 19, 2009, 10:33:26 am »

Quote from: VirtualBob on January 19, 2009, 10:27:35 am

Right ... Gene Conley played for the Celtics (as well as the Braves & Red Sox). Connors played for the Cubs one year, but no NBA team that I can recall.

Connors played for the Celtics, or at least signed with them. Don't know if he saw any game action. Connors also played with the Brookly Dodgers, in addition to the Cubs.

VirtualBob · « **Reply #28 on:** January 19, 2009, 10:35:17 am »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on January 19, 2009, 10:33:26 am

Connors played for the Celtics, or at least signed with them. Don't know if he saw any game action. Connors also played with the Brookly Dodgers, in addition to the Cubs.

I'll take your word on the basketball thing ... I don't really follow it. As for baseball, he appeared in 1 game with 1 AB for the trolley-dodgers, so saying he "also played for" them is both true and misleading. He got quite a bit of playing time the next year for the cubbies, though.

JimR · « **Reply #29 on:** January 19, 2009, 10:37:06 am »

Quote from: VirtualBob on January 19, 2009, 10:35:17 am

I'll take your word on the basketball thing ... I don't really follow it. As for baseball, he appeared in 1 game with 1 AB for the trolley-dodgers, so saying he "also played for" them is both true and misleading. He got quite a bit of playing time the next year for the cubbies, though.

i looked it up: Celtics in 1946.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #30 on:** January 19, 2009, 10:38:34 am »

Quote from: VirtualBob on January 19, 2009, 10:35:17 am

I'll take your word on the basketball thing ... I don't really follow it. As for baseball, he appeared in 1 game with 1 AB for the trolley-dodgers, so saying he "also played for" them is both true and misleading. He got quite a bit of playing time the next year for the cubbies, though.

How is it misleading? He's a regular Moonlight Graham.

Bench · « **Reply #31 on:** January 19, 2009, 10:39:03 am »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on January 19, 2009, 10:38:34 am

How is it misleading? He's a regular Moonlight Graham.

Except for he got his at bat.

VirtualBob · « **Reply #32 on:** January 19, 2009, 10:43:28 am »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on January 19, 2009, 10:38:34 am

How is it misleading? He's a regular Moonlight Graham.

Like I said true but also misleading in the sense that a phrase like "played for X & also Y" conjures up a ration of playing time somewhat different than 99.9x% for one team and 0.0x% for another. Willie Mays "also played" for the Mets, but he is remembered as a Giant, and leaving the "also played for" comment off of a brief biography would be incomplete even as it does a better job of describing his career in general.