washingtontimes.com - 7/9/2009
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BOWIE | Dmitri Young had a dream about a week ago, one of those clear-as-day dreams that become imprinted in your mind long after you've awoken and returned to reality. He was back home in California, standing in the kitchen, when suddenly his mother approached him with some advice. "I just want ...
nleastchatter.com - 7/14/2009
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nleastchatter.com —
nice play big fella According to Baseball in
DC’s Twitter feed , Nationals 1B Dmitri Young will...
make a start for their class A minor league team tonight. Dmitri Young has not played in a game since July 11th, 2008 and has been sidelined with various issues. Check back to NLEC for ...
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Nats Player News: Dmitri Young to make Minor league start
nats320.blogspot.com - 7/10/2009
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nats320.blogspot.com —
Not knowing if Dmitri Young will don another
uniform for Our Washington Nationals and realizing Matt Chico...
is now back pitching competitively in professional baseball, my friend Matt & I couldn't resist heading out to Prince Georges County Stadium ...
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Dmitri Young & Matt Chico
bases.newsvine.com - 7/9/2009
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bases.newsvine.com —
Interesting story about Dmitri Young in the Washington
Times. Young, you'll remember, was given one of baseball's...
more, well, unexpected contract extensions when Jim Bowden gave him $10 million for 2008 and 2009 a couple of years ago.
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Dmitri Young: rested and ready. Well, sort of.
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Dmitri Young: rested and ready. Well, sort of.
Circling The Bases —
Interesting story about Dmitri Young in the Washington Times . Young, you'll remember, was given one of baseball's more, well, unexpected contract extensions when Jim Bowden gave him $10 million for 2008 and 2009 a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, he only played 50 games last season and has been completely MIA so far in 2009 due to back trouble and bereavement leave and general Dmitri Youngishness. He wants to play, of course, but there's no room in Washington unless Nick Johnson is traded. Young wouldn't mind being traded himself, but there's a slight problem with that: ...
Dmitri Young's Gut Feeling
The Nationals Enquirer —
... Washington Times' Mark Zuckerman catches up with Da Meat Shake Hook in this morning's paper. Judging by Dmitri's comments in the story, he's clearly getting the cold shoulder from his employer. For example, there's this: ...
Historically Desperate Times Call for Historically Desperate Measures: What Can the Washington Nationals Do to Escape the Descending Spiral of Ineptitude?
Federal Baseball —
... According to an article in the Times today, Young is in obviously better shape than he's been in a long while, and ...
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Correction from yesterday: 'Da Meat Hook not fit, not ready
bases.newsvine.com 7/10/2009 — Yesterday I linked an article in which Dmitri Young mentioned that he was fit, ready and eager to play. Today reader Wooden U. Lykteneau points me to a blog post which suggests otherwise.
First, he's not fit.
Second, he's probably not ready:
D end of D line for Dmitri
bases.newsvine.com 7/27/2009 — I wrote about Dmitri Young a couple of times a couple of weeks ago, with the gist being "hey, I like the guy and I hope he can make his way back." Seems that's never gonna happen now:
Potomac Nationals Weekly Update. 7/14 - Dmitri Young GOES DEEP!!!
federalbaseball.com 7/15/2009 —
DY GOES DEEEP! Potomac Nationals beat Lynchburg Hillcats... Dmitri Young's HR helps beat Lastings Milledge and the Hillcats...3-2 final . I wrote a note to Anthony Masterson, (Broadcast/Media Assistant with the Class-A Carolina ...
Can we Use his Roster Spot for Something Else Now?
firejimbowden.blogspot.com 7/26/2009 — Dmitri Young has been $10 million of sunk costs since the day Jim Bowden re-signed him, in what was probably the most vain of all JimBo's many, many vanity moves. Now that even Meat is talking like his career is over , can we please DFA him now? Just think. We didn't have room for this guy , ...
