One look at Michael Young and he easily could play another two to three years. Knowing that he turned down multiple offers to be able to spend time with family says alot about the inner character of a ballplayer. To know when to walk away when every fiber of your being says to stay...
Hands down the most popular Texas Ranger to stay and play when no one else wanted him to. Michael Young did it right and he earned my respect for the hundreds of ballpark visits I made in a decade. If indeed Nolan Ryan decides to pair up with the Houston Astros in 2014 the smartest thing the Rangers brass can do is to put Michael Young in some capacity in the front office.
An 11-2 run by Dallas late in the third knotted things up at 75 apiece with five minutes left in third before the Rockets responded with a 9-2 run while Dirk sat on the bench. In the last period Chandler Parsons, Dwight Howard and Jeremy Lin continued to penetrate the paint and building a sizable lead before the final nail biting three minutes left Mavericks fans feeling empty.
Now looking ahead-saying hello in essence-there is the following. With seven of the Top 100 minor league prospects in the Astros farm system we should not be surprised that MLB.com has determined the Houston Astros possess the #1 farm system in all of baseball according to Keith Law of ESPN.com.
Indeed there is also the angle of what it's like to wait 15 years to play in your first Super Bowl like Champ Bailey is about to do this Sunday in New Jersey. Surely we would understand the feeling of being unsuccessful for so long and then you get the chance to leave the game you have played for so long on top.
Friday, January 31, 2014 at 10:25PM