Michael Young
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Michael Young
7-time MLB All-Star and long time Texas Ranger who won the 2005 American League batting title and helped take the Rangers to the World Series in 2010 and 2011.
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 October 1976
CityCovina, CA
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The tempo is off a little bit in this later summer period, ... Someone made a comment this afternoon in the office, 'Gee whiz, the phones are quiet!'
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I am still conducting an investigation, ... We are continuing our investigation.
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I just want to be a little more consistent. I've been relying a lot on instincts.
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He'll be fine. Anybody can get hit from time to time; I don't care if you're an ace or an All-Star closer. He'll make the adjustments.
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Beau and Daniel did a good job stepping in.
together
It is still spring, but mentally, we're there already. We've already come together as a team, and that's what's important.
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I'm just going to try and do what I can do, but it can fluctuate so much, ... If someone goes 20-for-30 and they win, I'm not going to be disappointed.
battle best kept stuff
He probably didn't have his best stuff but he's going to battle you and he kept us in the game.
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Often such reports end up on shelves, gathering dust. But Gov. Rendell held it up and referred to it as his blueprint for Pennsylvania. It was a flawed study being used for decision-making.
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I feel for him. He's a great friend and teammate. Knowing him, he's going to come out of it. Just relax, don't think and just cut it loose. It happens to everybody. I was telling him a few years ago we got to Mariano Rivera a couple of nights in a row and they were booing him in Yankee Stadium. It happens to the best.
august last next win
We want to win. The last thing we want to do every August is think about next year. ... We want to win right now.
talent
There is a lot of talent in this clubhouse.
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Today we frankly recognize that democracy can be no more than aspiration, and have rule not so much by the people as by the cleverest people; not an aristocracy of birth, not a plutocracy of wealth, but a true meritocracy of talent.
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Yeah. If one time a year is regularly.