Jim Rice elected to the Hall of Fame. On his last at bat. Roll the tapes of his World Series performances. Ahh, the home runs. The RBIs. The...MIA status. ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Ouellette To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 2:07 PM Subject: Re: Hmmmmm
Yeah, but they're trading him because he won't move off SS--and who can blame him, he just earned a fraudulent Gold Glove--so we'd have to play him there or incur his wrath. And he's signed through age 37. Steve O On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]> wrote: I know but I'm thinking about a season with Lowrie/Lugo at short, and the likelihood that one or all of Drew, Lowell, Ortiz won't get through the season without getting hurt, and what an extra bat could do in the lineup. He's 32 and his defense is poor. They'd probably have to give up too much to get him. And he doesn't provide that much power. Still.... Hmmm.... --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Hmmmmm To: [email protected] Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 12:59 PM Just say no Matt. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]> wrote: That's all I'll say. Hmmmmm...... Young angered by changing position Associated Press The Texas Rangers are exploring trade options for five-time All-Star shortstop Michael Young at the player's request after he became upset about the team's plan to move him to third base. Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said Sunday night during a hastily called conference call that the team has looked into trade possibilities but remains hopeful Young will remain in Texas. "Our desire is for Michael to play third base," Daniels said. "Obviously though, he's got to buy into what we're doing." The Rangers would like to move Young to third to make room for highly touted prospect Elvis Andrus at shortstop. The 20-year-old Andrus came to Texas in July 2007 in the trade that sent Mark Teixeira to Atlanta. Daniels said he and manager Ron Washington met with the 32-year-old Young last month about the direction of the team and moving to third base. "Reluctant, reluctant," Daniels said, describing Young's reaction. "He explained to us that he's worked extremely hard to make himself a shortstop. Obviously in 2004, he volunteered to move from second base to shortstop. That kind of shows the team-first character that has been a stable of his personality and really has made himself an outstanding player." Daniels said he hasn't spoken to Young since before New Year's Day, but has had conversations with the player's agent. Young switched from second base to shortstop in the spring of 2004 after the Rangers traded Alex Rodriguez to the New York Yankees. Rodriguez moved from shortstop to third to accommodate that trade. Young has been selected to the All-Star team as a shortstop every season since, and last year earned his first AL Gold Glove award. He is a career .300 hitter, though his streak of five consecutive 200-hit seasons was snapped in 2008 when he was hampered by a fractured right ring finger the last two months of the season. He was the AL batting champion in 2005 when he hit .331. Young next season begins the five-year, $80 million contract extension he signed during spring training in 2007 that prevented him from becoming a free agent. Young is due about $62 million over the next five seasons since some of the money was paid as a signing bonus and more is deferred. That contract was second-largest in team history, behind only the $252 million, 10-year contract Rodriguez got in December 2000. Young, a minor leaguer when traded from Toronto to Texas in 2000, is the Rangers' longest-tenured player. He played in two games that season and then 106 as a rookie in 2001. Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
