Dmitri Young Quotes (25 Quotes)

I put up great numbers, better than a lot of players who got called up around the majors. A lot of them were on contending teams, ... Tampa's going nowhere this year, so they could at least call up the guys who are going to be there in the future.

Some people might think this or that. I'm his friend. I'm going to support whatever he does. I want him to be happy, if that means not coming out. If he lost his passion for the game, he's not going to hold somebody else up.

They said they were building the lineup around me, so they wanted to keep me in the mix. We have some genuine, authentic, actual ballplayers.

I could care less what those people think, ... Obviously, they're a piece of garbage to say that.

Bruce is one great baseball mind. During the year, I went to him a lot for advice. Bruce was relied upon by a lot of players on the team. If there's anyone I don't want to see go, it's Bruce Fields.

He lost the passion for the game. You can't really fault a guy for that, because that happens. And he was smart enough to say the money didn't matter to him. It was his own personal happiness.

Look at the '99 Reds. I wasn't exactly God's gift to hair bleach. You have to go through an ugly stage before you get to the cute stage. Right now, he's dead smack in the ugly stage.

It's bad. I'm no doctor but it hurts. The severity I'm not quite sure but it hurts. I couldn't really hear with the crowd but I thought I felt a pop.

I wasn't out there, and I'm a nuisance. I think everybody knows that. In fact, (Leyland) had to calm us down from walking up on the home runs. You can see how it changed from being nice guys to we do have attitudes. There's a lot of attitudes.

The reason Pokey got out of the game, it was quite noble. But because it wasn't put out there, he's made to look like he just turned his back on the game, which definitely wasn't the case.

We didn't make offensive changes. Pitching-wise, you bring in a legitimate front-line pitcher in Kenny Rogers and we got back one of our own from the beginning, Todd Jones, and more importantly, with the players that we had, we've got a staff that's going to be able to take us to the next level.

I could care less what they question, ... They're not walking around on this leg.

It's a double-edged sword. It's good attention for him and for the team. On the other hand, it takes up a lot of your time.

We battled the White Sox three straight games and came up on the losing end. As for the Indians, they're always a good team. It was good for us to get this win tonight, especially for Mr. Rogers.

I'm no doctor, but it hurts. I'm going to take care of it now, while it is early. I'm not exactly blazing with the stick right now.

Everybody wants to be a hero instead of trying to be a piece of the puzzle. I'd say we have great individual efforts, but in order to win, it has to be as a team. Us, not I.

Some people have got to assume more accountability,

With the players that we have, we've got a staff that's able to take us to the next level. The final answer is what the manager's going to say. There's not going to be any other influences. We know that Jimmy Leyland is the captain of this ship.

There are obvious reasons why I didn't say anything,

Take care of it now, it's early. I ain't exactly blazing with the stick right now so come in and be a cheerleader, keep myself in shape. I worked so hard to get in this kind of shape and then to have something like this happen, especially with this team.

We need a donkey to go in between Bondo Jeremy Bonderman and Mike Maroth, ... An expensive donkey. Not a cheap labor donkey. Those guys are nice and there's one in the area where I live. I've been mentioning that name for two years.

They've pumped Delmon Young ever since he was drafted in 2003. They've been pumping B.J. Upton, and they've just been getting a little taste. For those two not to get called up stinks. ... At the same time, Delmon knows he did everything asked of him, and then he went above and beyond the call of duty. ... It doesn't make sense.

He's not happy, but he knows he did everything asked of him and then he went above and beyond the call of duty. It's a total garbage move for him not to get called up. It doesn't make sense. You could make that money right back getting people in the stands. They want to see the young guys. Ownership's sending a message that they don't care about their players. You have a great young product and you're afraid to show it. I mean, what more does he have to do.

That's just love coming out. He's just happy to be on the baseball field. He's been out long enough. For him to take this gig -- he didn't have to -- that shows his love for the game. When the love of the game calls you, you're going to find a way to get back into it.

There's a little lingering pain. You have to understand, it came off the bat of (coach) Lance Parrish.