Kevin Youkilis
Kevin Youkilis
Kevin Edmund Youkilis, also known as "Youk" /ˈjuːk/, is an American former professional baseball first baseman and third baseman. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, he was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2001, after playing college baseball at the University of Cincinnati. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Red Sox, the Chicago White Sox, and the New York Yankees. He is currently a special assistant to the Chicago Cubs and former Red Sox GM Theo Epstein...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth15 March 1979
CityCincinnati, OH
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It gets pretty ugly sometimes. I'm a corner guy so I see it all the time. I've seen an older guy get hit right in the cheek and he started bleeding everywhere. It's always the one fan that's not looking. He gets shielded or something. It's definitely scary. That's the scary thing about baseball. I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.
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I remember two years ago a bunch of us went out on the boat and it was my birthday. We had a great time out there. That's the little things you miss. Johnny was a great person. He was the first guy to step in front of the media when things weren't right, when things were right.
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For me, it's not as strange. Johnny's a good friend of mine. You know what's strange? When you look down the locker room and you realize all the guys you played with the past couple years are kind of gone. You got new players and personalities you have to get used to and deal with.
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It's been a tough year for me. It just stinks for me, especially when we have left-handed guys pitching down here, I would have had a chance to play more probably. It stinks. There's nothing you can do about it. I'm just going to work my butt off to basically do whatever I can to help out and get back for that playoff push. I have a lot of confidence in my teammates. They'll get us there, and hopefully I can help out in the playoffs.
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Boomer is one of the best pitchers to play in this game, ever. It's going to be good to have him back out there and competing and having him get guys off-balance --going out there and just doing what Boomer does well.
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A lot of times, you don't know what a guy has, but it can kind of work both ways. Today, it worked in his favor.
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The only time it hurt was when I hit it off the end of the bat. It doesn't matter if you have 10 broken fingers ... it's going to hurt off the end of the bat. It's a little discomforting with the grip of the bat, but I have to just keep taking good cuts. Whole trick in baseball is to barrel it up. If I can do that, I'll feel good.
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He looks good. I just hope he comes back to form and has a good attitude. Last year he got a little crazy with being injured. Sometimes it drives people nuts. That's what hurt him. It's depressing. I'd have to go see a psychiatrist if I was on the DL for that long.
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He just said he's having fun just playing ball. He likes New York City and he's just having a good time. He says he misses Boston a little bit. He misses the fans.
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He was throwing his off-speed real well, changeups, curveballs. This is a fastball-hitting team. You?re not going to get too many fastballs by this team. He basically threw his off-speed well and spotted up his fastball when he needed to spot up his fastball.
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Getting that big lead for (Schilling) helps. Sometimes it hurts a pitcher, too. They get a big lead, they take a little bit off. They don't have the edge. Curt did a good job with that tonight. He pitched really well, and, hopefully, he keeps going on a roll.
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When Schilling is healthy, you've got one of the best pitchers in the game. He's throwing the ball good and has that swagger, and that's what you need from Schill.
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I was soaking it all up in the ninth inning, every pitch, every out, just looking around. It felt like the World Series. It was unbelievable. Just a pure adrenaline rush and pure excitement.
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I've been taking groundballs out there for about two months. It's an easier throw than from third base and the (double play) turns don't really get me so much.