Michael Young

There was an initial run up of several dollars per barrel in crude last week. It's given up nearly all those gains.

I'm really trying not to think about it. I've been doing the best I can to just focus on finishing out the schedule for the right reasons, and that's to try to help the team win as many games.

He's letting himself be viewed as a good guy, but an empty suit. And that's potentially fatal to him.

I just hope she doesn't fail.

We hope that we will be able to hit the goal of 847 on Thursday.

These cuts point to how badly impaired the profitability of the oil industry has been in the last year. It also show what an enormous cash flow pressure these companies are under.

The Syrians played a central role in creating the deadlock from which their Lebanese allies have benefited. That doesn't mean their allies are in a position to return to where they were a year ago, but they still have influence.

There are no controls on (legislative spending). One of the problems is accountability. There is not enough information about what they are spending money on, and how much they are spending.

It's never happened before (in Pennsylvania), to my knowledge. It raises questions about his preparedness for office.

It hasn't really hit me yet. But I know it's something I can carry with me the rest of my life.

I had no idea there was a list, ... I really hadn't put that much thought into it. I think at the end of the year it's something I can look back on and be very proud of.

No one had ever labeled the components to follow them over time, to see one clock as it ticks away in a single cell. All the biochemistry and molecular biology that had been done on this had been piecing together information from dead flies.

I've always thought that if I stayed healthy, I'd throw myself into the mix at some point. But there is so much time left, anything can happen. I think I was leading the league in hits early last August, and Ichiro Suzuki ended up with 50 more than me. I don't want to start thinking about it or following box scores just yet.

I'm not going to downplay something so significant it would mean a lot. But, at the same time, it's not what I'm playing for. I'm playing for us to get as many wins as possible.

Yeah. If one time a year is regularly.

We're tired of being a young team with upside. We believe our time is here.

It was the most miserable part of any time I've been here.

It was a huge shock. I didn't see it coming. I'm absolutely shocked that one of our better players and a perfect teammate was traded before Opening Day. That's part of being in the big leagues. You just move on and be ready for tomorrow.

One reason I am looking forward to playing is because of the misconception that the United States is going to take this as an exhibition rather than a competitive tournament, and that could not be further from the truth. If I wanted to just relax I would stay in Spring Training, play my four innings and then go play a round of golf. I want to win this thing.

It's just a huge lift to see him walking around doing great. We can't wait to get him back here, but knowing he's getting healthy day by day is the biggest thing.

They basically gave me an offer I could not refuse. It would have been very difficult to walk away from.

We just have to be better defensively, me included. We've slipped the last few weeks, and we don't want to waste a good start by not playing better in the field.

My wife yells at me every time I step on the seal. That is reason enough to walk around it.

I feel for him. He's a great friend and teammate. Knowing him, he's going to come out of it. Just relax, don't think and just cut it loose. It happens to everybody. I was telling him a few years ago we got to Mariano Rivera a couple of nights in a row and they were booing him in Yankee Stadium. It happens to the best.

It helps to have people talking to each other, usually with the mediator there, and through the course of that back and forth and sitting together, solutions will emerge.