A hero to be proud of

nice gesture - are you purposely trying to sound like the biggest a**hole in blog history? what is there to be embarrased about for making $8000.00 in a 4-team tournament? You didn't really deserve my time but too many people did too many nice things for this event and people were beyond kind and generous, to let your assinine comment go by.

No issue that Michael Young's donation is something to admire even though it represents about the same percentage of his salary as my $20.00 donation. There is no cause to criticize other baseball players. There are plenty of other causes that have more need that they may have chosen to benefit or not. What is really sad is that only $8,000.00 was raised from the rest of the people attending. If anyone is to be criticized it should be the people that showed up and contributed so little.

There is no mandatory figure or figure based on one's baseball salary, but the community gave from their hard earned dollars and the $2.00 min was collected, I think what Paul is saying is where are these SGV MLB players? If a check came in from Jason Giambi for $1000 or even less it does not saying anything about the amount but it speaks a louder volume that he recognized the tragedy and came forward in time of need.

First, what's the big deal about donations from ballplayers? I think Mike Young's splendid gesture should be recognized and applauded, but it's just that, a donation, not a tax. None of the other guys who have been mentioned here OWE anything anymore than any other citizen does. And BTW, why just baseball? Where is the hew and cry for donations from locals who have made big dough playing football or basketball.

Second, who is to say any one of these guys hasn't made a donation? I hear some folks like a little anonymity.

Third, what do you propose any one of these guys pay? Should there be some type of a community based tithe for big league ballplayers? In salaries, Giambi has made something like $125 Mil playing ball, Young a little less than $17 Mil, Lamb about $10 Mil, Haren about $7.8 Mil, and Wooten a little less than $2 mil. Tiffany has made a minor league salary four of the last six seasons. Should the levy be based upon their income or their heart?

As for Chuckie Tiffany, I can't think of a nicer, more polite, gracious kid to have gained success playing ball from the local area in years. Anyone who says otherwise clearly hasn't met the young man and ought to keep his baloney to himself.

We grew up near the Youngs in Covina, the BEST thing about Mike Young that many of you do not know - he could care less if his name is ever mentioned, actually prefers that it isn't mentioned. He does it for all the right reasons - from his heart. mr. and Mrs. Young did raise very GOOD kids and Covina is proud all over again.

Michael actually spreads his charitable dollars around quite well. He was actually named MLB's 2008 Marvin Miller Man of the Year presented to "the player in either league whose on-field performance and contributions to his community inspire others to higher levels of achievement." So I'm certain that well more than his share of contributions go to worthy causes across the nation.

Michael and Christina are very active in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with high school students to help inspire and train other students to become volunteers in their community, is a spokesman for Wipe Out Kids' Cancer, helped fund the furnishing of an outpatient physical therapy room at Children's Medical Center, began the Young Heroes Scholarship program, which annually awards cancer survivors with college scholarship funds and laptop computers. took 25 children on a holiday shopping spree in conjunction with the Hotel Ministry, a branch of Mission Arlington.

Anna and Fred did a fine job and should be very proud of their kids (daughter Allison was a good volleyball player at Amat and played all her youth softball around the corner from the Ortegas')

Mike Young and his wife Christina are class acts. Always have been and always will be.
Shawn Wooten can't be thrown in the mix with Jason Giambi and Dan Haren, he has never made more than the league minimum. Not sure about the others you list.

Paul D.,

Michael Young did do a great thing and should be commended, however, because of his good deed Giambi and others should not be condemed for not matching Young. You make it sound like it is mandatory that they do something like that and that ends up taking away from what Michael Young did.

What a class move by Michael Young giving back. Giambi,Wooten,Lamb,Tiffany,Haren whats is up with them?