ARLINGTON -- The stretch of I-10 East between Tuscon and El Paso, winding through little towns like Mescal, Ariz., and ghost towns, like Steins, N.M., is lonely. It's lonelier still when you are contemplating the end of a 15-year career.
Fortunately, you can still get cell reception.
Which helps explain how Chris Young, the greatest pitcher to ever come from Highland Park not named Kershaw, is now perhaps the brightest rising star in Major League Baseball's attempt to connect with a wider audience while both holding to the game's pastoral traditions and appealing to a more tech-savvy, action-driven generation.