Michael Young will NOT Replace Robinson Cano

Okay, those of you throwing that crazy idea out there of trading for Michael Young and playing him at second base, can stop now. Young has agreed to play third base for the Rangers and has retracted his request to be traded.

Some Yankees fans, those who need an all-star at every position, were hoping the Yankees would deal for Young, enabling them to either move Cano to center field or trade him for pitching or a star center fielder.

Elvis is in the building - Young's spot at shortstop will be taken by 20-yr old rookie Elvis Andrus, who was acquired in 2007 as part of the Mark Teixeira deal with the Braves. He hit .295 last season at Double-A Frisco, with a .350 on-base percentage, and 54 stolen bases, and is considered a stellar defender. He also got a glimpse of Yankee Stadium in it's final season as a participant in the Futures game.

Young know his transition will be tough, but knows it will be even tougher for the rookie.

"Elvis is a good kid," Young said. "There were a couple of things about this that were tough. One is, the fans shouldn't have to choose between the club and a player. We're all working for the same thing. That's the last thing I wanted to happen.

"It's also tough for Elvis. He's a good kid. I met him last year in Spring Training and really like him. I want to be there for him and do everything I can to help him.

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Rangers Acquire Josh Hamilton

The Rangers have picked up outfielder Josh Hamilton from the Reds in exchange for pitchers Edinson Volquez and Danny Herrera.

Hamilton enjoyed a successful comeback season, after many years of disappointment brought on my drug and alcohol addictions. He was taken in the Rule V draft prior to the '07 season and finally showed the promise that made him a 1st round pick in 1999. Hamilton hit .292-19-47 in just 90 games.

Volquez was 14-6 with 166 strikeouts at 3 minor league levels. The left-handed throwing Herrera struck out 64 in 52 1/3 innings at Double-A.

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110 Years in the Making

I first saw the score on Yahoo sports and said, "no way". They've had these types of errors before. Than I checked CBS Sportsline and saw it again. When a poster on The Yankee Zone said they had the game on, I had to believe. Texas 30 Baltimore 3. It was true. A team had scored 30 runs for the first time in 110 years. The 29 hits was just the most since 1992.

The 8 and 9 hitters, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Ramon Vazquez drove in 7 runs each. Travis Metcalf entered the game late, to give Michael Young a rest, and hit a grand slam. 4 Orioles pitchers took the hammering. Brian Burres and Paul Shuey won't want to look at their ERAs this morning.

Oh, and then they had to play the 2nd game of a doubleheader. Texas won that won too, 9-7, scoring 3 runs in the 8th. Metcalf started that one and drove in 4 more.

Here's the box score for the ages.

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