MINNEAPOLIS
Chris Young sauntered through the clamor of the Royals clubhouse, pantomiming his delivery hours before taking the mound. He pronated his right elbow as he crossed the room. At his locker, he raised his left leg and mimicked his follow-through. While the clubhouse stirred to life around him, the voices of his teammates and the bass of the stereo system clattering off the walls, Young settled into his chair, slipped in a pair of ear buds and studied a scouting report.
Young introduces order into the chaos of a baseball game. At 36, pitching for his fifth big-league club, he has simplified the game to its essence.