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October 26, 2007
Dmitri Young is announced as the National League Comeback Player of the Year by the MLB Players Trust and Yahoo! Sports. The big first baseman, who was released by the Tigers early last season due to on- and off-field issues, joined the Nationals as a non-roster player and became an All-Star selection for Washington, finishing the season with a .320 batting average, the tenth best in the NL.
How to Stay Forever (Dmitri) Young with 2001 Fleer Platinum
By the early 2000s, baseball cards were about the last thing on my mind.
I had finished grad school a couple years earlier, moved out of state, and was firmly entrenched in career- and family-building mold.
I occasionally bought a copy of Beckett or thumbed through a stack of cards, but mostly my collection was just an albatross that I lugged through move after move.
It stayed that way for at least 10 years, so this installment of the 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge is particularly, well, challenging.
How to Stay Forever (Dmitri) Young with 2001 Fleer Platinum was originally published on Wax Pack Gods
Former Nationals first baseman Dmitri Young has a cameo in the new family movie "Home Run Showdown." It looks absolutely terrible and a Bad News Bears rip-off. What makes them think I want to go to a movie where they misspell the name of the players in the movie trailer?
I can't remember why, but I took a picture of a Dmitri Young bobblehead with a camouflaged beer can. Why? No idea, but I think I nixed the idea.
Happy 4th of July, everybody. Courtesy of Dmitri Young.
A Tiny, Svelte Dmitri Young
I love fat baseball players, I've never made a secret of that fact. In fact, the other day, while searching for fat baseball players, I found that I'm the only Tumblr blog that has tagged posts "fat baseball players." It's probably because a) it makes me think that I'm just a few weeks of conditioning away from a pro career and b) it improves my self esteem while I snack deep-fried M&M's.
At the same time, I would rather see a healthy and productive Dmitri Young than a rotund, out of work one. And at 38, he seems to agree. Just look at this photo of the 60+ pounds lighter Dmitri:
(Photo by Dmitri Young)
How did he do it? What is his weight loss secret?
"I'm not eating like a Viking now. I've learned to hold off, and when I do get my treat, I don't abuse it. I'll eat one slice of pecan pie and call it a day, instead of eating half the pie or the whole pie."
Oh, that sounds hard. More pecan pie for me, then. Check out Jerry Crasnick's full piece (ha ha) for more.
Ahhh! This is all the sports news I need today. Dmitri Young appreciation blahg!
You know how they say that in Super Mario 2, if you can somehow figure out a way to enter the door you fall out of at the very beginning of the game, you reach the end of the game immediately? Baseball's like that, but the batters don't know about it. We're at home plate, man. We're already where we want to go, man. It's an Orwellian nightmare, man.
- Dmitri Young
