This is Mr. Young's wikipedia page. Again the Nationals are a zoo.
In
2006, Young went through a divorce, was treated for alcohol and substance abuse, and depression. He pleaded guilty to assaulting a young woman after an argument in
Birmingham, Michigan.
[3]On
May 17, 2006, the
Detroit Free Press reported that Young faced a
misdemeanor domestic violence charge, stemming from a heated argument with a young woman.
[4] Young subsequently spent 30 days in the rehabilitation facility, Promises Malibu, and three weeks working out with minor league teams. On
June 13, 2006, Young failed to appear for a pretrial hearing on this matter and a
bench warrant was issued for his arrest.
[5]. Ten days later, he pleaded
no contest to the domestic violence charges.
On
June 30, 2006, Young revealed that he had been battling
alcoholism[6], which limited his physical fitness and kept him from appearing in all but a small fraction of Tigers games during the season. He made a statement to the press in which he asserted that he had been making progress overcoming it with the help of
Alcoholics Anonymous, whose logo has been tattooed on his hand as a gesture of thanks. He returned to action on
July 21, 2006, versus the
Oakland Athletics, starting at
designated hitter and ending the game with 2
hits and 2 RBI in the Tigers' 7-4 win. Before the game started,
FSN Detroit aired a video of Young apologizing to the fans and saying how he will continue to struggle against alcohol and drugs for the rest of his life.
On
September 6, 2006, with less than a month to go in their
American League Championship season, the Tigers gave Young his unconditional release in a move that surprised both teammates and fans alike.
The day after
Thanksgiving, "an ambulance took him to a hospital, where he endured a three-day stay in the intensive care unit as his doctors diagnosed
diabetes."
[3] Since then, Young has taken steps to get his diabetes in control and is encouraging others to do so. He has recently appeared on
dLife to talk to people about how he has lived with diabetes
