Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - Young establishes Ranger hit record

In tonight's 6-3 Texas Ranger victory over the Florida Marlins, former Jay farmhand Michael Young became the all-time franchise leader in hits for the Rangers. His new total, currently sitting at 1,748, is one more than that amassed for Texas by future Hall of Fame catcher Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez.

Come to think of it "future Hall of Famer" is a phrase that just might, maybe apply to Young, too, if he keeps it up another five or six years. Young is 33, so that's not impossible to imagine.

Neither Esteban Loiaza nor Darwin Cubillan were available for comment. Congratulations to one of the Great Game's finest!

Posted by Mick Doherty on Wednesday, June 16 2010 @ 10:13 PM EDT.

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Mick Doherty - Wednesday, June 16 2010 @ 11:02 PM EDT (#217107) #

Friend of Batter's Box Jamey Newberg has a typically excellent take on this. (If you have a minute, be sure to click through to the old 2006 report. Worth it!)

Mike Green - Wednesday, June 16 2010 @ 11:08 PM EDT (#217109) #

Neither E-- L-- nor Darwin Cubillan were available for comment.

When you don't have a name, your silence is easily understood, but what's Cubillan's excuse?

Helpmates - Thursday, June 17 2010 @ 01:00 AM EDT (#217113) #

Was Gord Ash available for comment?

TimberLee - Thursday, June 17 2010 @ 02:22 PM EDT (#217142) #

Loaiza's big mistake was leaving Toronto a year too soon. His next season was terrific, and apparently what the Jays had in mind when they swapped a minor leaguer for him.

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