DMITRI YOUNG RUMORS & GOSSIP
Jered Weaver would be OK with a gay teammate
After the wildly ignorant comments of San Francisco 49ers defensive back Chris Culliver yesterday, you'll (hopefully) be pleased to know that not all professional athletes are total neanderthals. On a video podcast hosted by Robert Fick and Dmitri Young (which is a weird enough story unto itself), Jered Weaver and his brother Jeff made the proclamation that they are totally...
NICE HAUL
Ex-MLBer sells card collection for $2.5M
Former major leaguer Dmitri Young, the brother of Tigers OF Delmon, recently sold his baseball card collection in an auction for a whopping $2,461,032.
Tigers' Young: 'That's not me'
DETROIT --- Delmon Young was back in uniform Friday night, a week after being arrested in New York for an alleged hate crime.
He's hoping that will be the next step in regaining some normality in his life.
Young came off baseball's restricted list at the end of his seven-day suspension, and met with the media before Detroit's game against Chicago. He started the press...
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May 04, 2012
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Former MLB Player Dmitri Young Has Amazing Baseball Card Collection
Juan Carlo/Ventura County StarBy Josh DhaniFounderDmitri Young hasn't played in the league since 2008, when he last played with the Washington Nationals.There was also news recently that he wanted to make a comeback to the MLB. However, still retired and recently losing a whopping 70 pounds, Young was caught up with Yahoo! Sports Steve Henson. And boy, the news is interesting...
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April 28, 2012
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Pirates make right move by not signing Young
If it were 2008 it wouldn’t surprise us at all to hear that the Pirates were signing 38-year-old who hasn’t played in the majors since ’08 and weighed 300 pounds the last time he was relevant to man first base for them. But this is a whole new ball game…we hope.
Dmitri Young worked out for the Buccos yesterday in Bradenton and rumor has it that at 70 pounds lighter than...
Dimitri Young Works out for Hurdle at Pirate City
PITTSBURGH — Veteran Dmitri Young worked out in front of Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle and staff today at Pirate City, according to Tom Singer of MLB.com.
It was reported last week that Young, who hasn’t played in the Majors since 2008, would travel to Bradenton, Fla., to work out in front of the Pirates.
According to Singer, the 38-year-old Young held up well to rigorous workouts...
Dmitri Young to work out for Pirates
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Dmitri Young (nicknamed “Da Meat Hook”) hasn’t played since 2008 and has had some serious weight and health issues in the past. But now, the 38-year old has slimmed down big-time and is looking to make a comeback. ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick wrote a good piece about Young’s efforts to make it back to the bigs, and it includes this awesome quote that should inspire...
D'MEAT HOOK
Pirates working out Dmitri Young
Dmitri Young has been out of MLB since 2008 after battling diabetes and alcoholism. He's reportedly set to work out for the Pirates.
Dmitri Young explains his weight loss and comeback
This photo of Dmitri Young — taken by WTOP’s Craig Heist during this month’s winter meetings — got some online love from Nats fans, who continue to save a soft, mushy, flabby spot in their hearts for Da Meat Hook.
Young, you see, has lost 70 pounds and is looking to make a comeback in 2012.
“I really want this to happen,”one Nats fan wrote. “Miss you, Meathook.”...
Via D.C. Sports Bog
December 19, 2011
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Dmitri Young Is All Skinny Now
Dmitri Young, our sixth-most blogged-about person of 2008, weighed in at 291 pounds once, the year after batting .320, and he’s looked pretty much the same ever since.
Here’s what Da Meathook is looking like now, though, (via Nats Enquirer):
There’s no telling what the secret to his success is (massage therapy perhaps?), but word is he’s lost 70 pounds, which is 20 more...
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