ESPN reports that Kevin Youkilis could be traded "at any time". The Red Sox have talked to the Dodgers, Diamondbacks, Atlanta and Cleveland, but the White Sox are
perceived as the frontrunners.
Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said he talked with Youkilis on Friday about decreased playing time. ... For the first time since coming off the disabled list on May 22, Youkilis is out of the starting lineup for two consecutive games [Thursday and Friday]. ...
[Will Middlebrooks] has 31 [RBI] in just 38 games since being promoted to Boston. That represents the most RBIs by a Red Sox player in 38 games since Walt Dropo in 1949-50.
Meanwhile, Youkilis is hitting only .174 (8-for-46) with no home runs and 10 strikeouts in June ...
Following on the heels of David Ortiz's
complaints about the Boston media's constant carping (also
here), Youkilis
added his three cents:
I just stopped talking [to the media] because enough's enough. You get tired of it. You're just like, This is the same question and I have no answer for you. I'm done. If they're just going to keep asking it over and over again I just have to stop. ...
I tell the guys just don't talk. [If] you don't feel like talking that day [then] just don't talk. There's nothing in your contract that says you have to talk. Guys can use Twitter. They're in the method now where you can voice your [grievances] out to the public. I don't condone it but [it's an option]. ...
The thing that the athletes don't understand is [the media is] not on your side. They're not your friends. ... They're not there to make you look better.
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Youkilis for DLowe!!!
Rosenthal tweet re clubhouse shit (found at SoSH):
"Pedroia’s absence during a mound visit in last Sunday night’s nationally televised game at Wrigley Field. One scout said, "He didn’t go in (for the meeting), he just glared at Bobby V.""
That's not the half of it!
My sister's boyfriend's cousin's friend said that he heard Pedroia once didn't put a new roll of toilet paper on the dispenser when he used the other one up. And I was all like, "Oh no you didn't, girlfriend!"
Rosenthal tweet re clubhouse shit (found at SoSH):
"Pedroia’s absence during a mound visit in last Sunday night’s nationally televised game at Wrigley Field. One scout said, "He didn’t go in (for the meeting), he just glared at Bobby V.""
And someone pays this bowtie wearin nerd.
And if Pedroia is glaring at someone it would be at himself in the mirror.
One thing I have noticed in the last week is that Booby has chilled out with the bunt, or he is a genius and has the other teams thinking bunt so our hitter gets a strike. I have no idea. In spots earlier in the season where he would bunt he just isnt now.
And I wonder what yooks value is if any, i suppose they will eat some of his money. And what we would look for, maybe a backup infileder or would they put Nava or Kalish or Sweeney or Macdonald in the deal , to get a major league player?
PeteAbe says trade could happen today.
More media bullshit?
Nick Cafardo @nickcafardo
"Bobby V had a chat with Youkilis that he'll be sitting for a while and Middlebrooks will play."
Alex Speier @alexspeier
"Youkilis said Bobby Valentine never discussed his playing situation with him before saying to media that Middlebrooks would play more"
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