Yokohama Signs Ernie Young
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Re: Yokohama Signs Ernie Young
[ Author: Guest: Jeff Matlock | Posted: Jun 7, 2002 11:33 AM
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Ernie Young will be 35 next month. Oakland drafted him out of Lewis University in Illinois in 1990 (10th round). His MLB debut came for the A's in '94 and by '96 he was an everyday player, with 19 HR's and 64 RBI. He spent '98 with the Royals and '99 in Arizona, getting his final 11 major-league at-bats that year while hitting 30 homers with the Diamondbacks' AAA club in Tucson. More recently he's had a 30 home run season with AAA Memphis and been a rightfielder on the USA's gold medal 2000 Olympic team. His weight is said to have increased from 190 to 234 in the decade following his selection in the MLB draft.
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So, what's the scoop on Young? Is he going to help the 'Stars catch Nori and Tuffy in home runs? Or will he be fooled by the dreaded out-low breaking balls that so many foreign players have a weakness for?
Nonetheless, welcome to Yokohama.