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	Podcast:		Baseball Outside the Box - Coaching Podcast
	Episode:		Ernie Young, USA Baseball National Team Manager/Coach, Olympic Gold Medal, MLB Player, Pro Coach.
	Category:		Sports & Recreation
	Duration:		00:55:09
	Publish Date:		2020-10-21 16:31:44
	Description:		Ernest Wesley Young (born July 8, 1969) is a former American professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics (1994–97), Kansas City Royals (1998), Arizona Diamondbacks (1999), Detroit Tigers (2003), and Cleveland Indians (2004). Young also played one season in Japan for the Yokohama BayStars (2002). Playing career In his major league career, Young played in 288 games, had 179 hits, 27 home runs, 90 RBI, 10 stolen bases, and a .225 batting average. In 2000, he led the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds with 35 home runs (second in the entire St. Louis Cardinals organization to Jim Edmonds‘ 42) and 98 RBIs (third in the organization behind Troy Farnsworth with 113 and Edmonds with 108).^[1] He won an Olympic gold medal for the United States in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. On June 12, 2006, he hit his 300th career minor league home run. As a member of the Oakland Athletics, in a game against the Tigers, Young started a triple play with a leaping catch in center field. Minor league coach/manager Following his retirement after the 2007 season,^[2] Young became the hitting coach on the Chicago White Sox‘ rookie-level team, the Great Falls Voyagers. On November 21, 2008, he was named the manager of the Kannapolis Intimidators for the 2009 season.^[3] In 2011, Young was tabbed to manage the West Michigan Whitecaps, the class A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers,^[4] a position he retained for the 2012 season, but not for 2013. Young currently serves on the Board of Directors of USA Baseball^[5] and managed the Team USA Professional Team for the 2011 World Cup and Pan Am Games.^[6] In August 2019, he became a United States national baseball team coach for the 2019 WBSC Premier12 tournament.^[7] The team finished fourth in the tournament, and failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics as it finished behind Mexico, but will have another opportunity to qualify. Ernie Young has come from a tough area and learned the hard way to get to the top of baseball, MLB, USA Baseball, Gold Medal. On the Board of USA Baseball. Currently Pro MLB Scouts for the Mets. Learn what he believes got him to the top of baseball as a Manager with the best players from MLB/USA National team. Listen to tips on being a better manager coach, plus As a player who has to pass the eye test. Managers like La Russa, Lasorda and others he learned from, what he took from them in being a better manager. Dealing with players. Building a line up. A routine as a manager. The hardest thing about being a manager. The Managers mindset during the game. Batting practice routine. Utilizing your assistant coaches. Building the inner city baseball programs like the ACE program in Chicago. and more. Twitter @baseballout You Tube Peter Caliendo Face Book Baseball Outside the Box, Caliendo Sports International, Peter Caliendo Podcast web site: www.baseballoutsidethe box.com Twitter @baseballout www.wbsc.org About the Show: Website: baseballoutsidethebox.com Facebook: Baseball Outside The Box Educational Podcast Twitter: @baseballout Email questions or comments to the show: info@baseballoutsidethebox.com Get Baseball Outside The Box on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Podbean, and more. Brought to you by LineupMedia.fm. The post Ernie Young, USA Baseball National Team Manager/Coach, Olympic Gold Medal, MLB Player, Pro Coach. appeared first on Baseball Outside The Box.
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