Dmitri Young had a tumultuous career in the major leagues. Yesterday, his coaching career hit a snag as well.
Young, serving as a bench coach for the Oakland County Cruisers of the independent Frontier League, was arrested yesterday by the McLean County (Illinois) Sheriff’s Department on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.
Young posted a $100 bond and was released, no court date has yet been scheduled.
This is his first season as a coach with Oakland County, currently in first place in the Eastern Division. The Cruisers are in Illnois to take on the Normal CornBelters over the next few days.
Young has battled personal demons [...]

Late word came out last night, while I was watching the Twins blow a late lead and lose to the Rays (yay!), that the Diamondbacks fired their general manager, Josh Byrnes, and also their manager, A.J. Hinch.
Sure this is bad news for both men, more so for Hinch I think. Byrnes is still regarded highly enough that he’ll catch on as at least an assistant GM somewhere. Hinch’s days in a major league uniform are probably over for a while. Looks like he’ll wind up either coaching in the minors or scouting somewhere.
The good news is that former Tigers hero [...]

One hundred nineteen losses. It was one of the ugliest summers in Detroit. The Tigers were hosting games in the new and beautiful Comerica Park. The ferris wheel was still running, the carousel was still spinning. Even the water works in center field were spraying in an array of lights. On the field though, it was a different story. 
 
Any fan that took in the 2003 season will tell you that it hurt. For me, It was something I will never forget. Seeing Mike Maroth, Jeremy Bonderman, Shane Loux, Matt Roney, Chris Spurling, Adam Bernero and Nate Cornejo struggle was tough. Every outing [...]