Young cruises into the FL
Dmitri Young, pictured, who spent more than a decade in the major leagues as an outfielder and first baseman, has joined the Oakland County Cruisers as vice-president and senior adviser-baseball operations for Diamond Heroes of Southeast Michigan, Inc., the ownership group of the Cruisers.Below is a link to the story about the hiring from the Oakland Press.
Read the story here.
What I found interesting about the story is the Cruisers' ballpark is still not under construction. Apparently, owner Rob Hilliard has been attempting to get a group of investors from Long Beach, Calif., to provide additional funding. Hilliard said he wants construction to begin no later than April. The Cruisers will play some of their home games at Eastern Michigan University (again). The site for a July 6-8 series against Normal is listed on the Cruisers' homepage as "TBD" and the July 16-18 series against the Wild Things is still listed as the first game in Waterford Township at the new ballpark.
Three months to build a ballpark? Here's saying it won't be close to being ready by July 16.
What I found extremely entertaining about the article are the reader comments. If you thought this blog had wild comments, then this story is must-read material.
Labels: Dmitri Young, Oakland County Cruisers, Rob Hilliard
posted by Chris Dugan at
2:14 PM
4 Comments:
It is very obvious that nobody gives a darn about the tax money grabbing Wild Things.
This blog is dead!
There were really only a half dozen or so posters here anyway. Take away Ron Wilson and his legion of followers and there's nobody left to post. Blogs are usually filled with self important people who place too high a value on their thoughts and "wisdom"...
Not much to talk about during the offseason. Can't criticize the manager because he hasn't coached a game. Can't complain about the players because we don't know who they are. Can't complain about Ron Wilson because he's gone. Can't complain about Ross because he's gone. Can't complain about Jelks because he's gone. Can't complain about Mason because he's gone. Can't complain about Franni because she's gone. All there is to complain about is the taxpayer turf.
can't even complain about taxpayer turf cause the field is still grass, or at least it was last week when I drove by...
anyone have any inside knowledge as to if the Wild Things have received any of that $$$ yet???
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