Articles Tagged “Michael Young”
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Rangers Add a Puma to their Club
According to my exhaustive research on big cats native to the Americas, the puma can be found in the Western U.S., in parts of Florida, in Vermont, and all over Central and South America. Arizona is out west of course, and yet I had never seen a puma there – until this spring training that [...]
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Spring Brings Hope and Questions for the Rangers
There are lots of things in a guy’s life that just go together. Things like beer and pretzels, chips and salsa or chili and cinnamon rolls (oh wait, maybe that is just me – although I encourage you to try it). None of these are anticipated like the one I am about to mention: that [...]
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Individual Pressure to Win Should be a Team Thing
In the month since the Miami Heat won the NBA Championship, thus taking the 800-pound anvil off of LeBron James’ shoulders, it has been fascinating to listen to the talk about “who’s next?” Who is the one athlete that now has the most pressure (and expectations) placed upon him to win a championship? An intriguing [...]
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Justin Beiber has Nothing On Rangers’ Kinsler
Ian Kinsler’s popularity with the Rangers’ female fans — particularly the teeny bopper crowd and under — is a well known fact around the Rangers clubhouse. Just ask the senior member of the Rangers and the club’s all-time hits leader, Michael Young. “He’s definitely got a stranglehold on the 10 to 14-year-old demographic,” Young said with a [...]
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Yo Adrian! Gonzalez and Oswalt on Rangers Wish List
“Have you seen him against left-handed pitching?!” asked Ron Washington incredulously – trying to duck the last question he wanted to answer about Mitch Moreland. The Rangers starting first baseman had hit 2 home runs off righty Brandon McCarthy before being lifted for pinch-hitter Brandon Snyder in the 7th inning of a failed extra inning [...]
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Rangers and Their Fans “Nearly” Peerless
Opening Day means you are 2nd to none – numero uno in the standings. This goes for every Major League Baseball team – but with your Texas Rangers, this expectation will remain for all 162 games during the regular season and hopefully beyond. Game 1 saw an outstanding performance by Colby Lewis, who is really [...]
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John Rhadigan Examines the Rangers Mind-Set
For the Rangers 2010 ended with an exclamation point(!). Yet by the time they got to spring training last year there were lots of question marks. Could CJ Wilson be a #1 starter? Could the team win without Cliff Lee? Would Michael Young be traded? All of those questions were answered decisively with a franchise [...]
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Random Thoughts Of An Oversized Bald Head
Through the first 106 World Series, there was just one team, the 1986 Boston Red Sox, within a single strike of winning the title not once but twice before failing to do so. Now there are two. The 2011 Texas Rangers shall be remembered for many feats, among them, captivating a football region for the [...]
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Rangers Playoff Run…Again
How far can the Rangers go this post-season? That’s a question for all Rangers fans. This team had the best record in the A.L. West since the the 1995 Mariners. They are the first team in history that has won more games for 4 straight seasons under a new manager. These guys like to play [...]
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Sports Thoughts on Michael Young, Peyton Manning, The Ring of Honor and More
Since this is the society within we now exist, it took all of 12 seconds of enjoying and appreciating Michael Young’s 2,000th career hit before the majority wondered aloud about one of the most magical numbers in baseball. Earlier this season, Derek Jeter became the 28th player to reach 3,000 hits and more than likely [...]
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