by darryl johnston | Oct 30, 2011 | Kevin Youkilis, Will Middlebrooks
As we look toward the 2012 Boston Red Sox a lot of questions surround the future of third baseman Kevin Youkilis. 2011 was a challenging year filled with road struggles and injuries for Youkilis. His career-high 948 innings at third base appeared to have a significant...
by charliesap | Oct 18, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Kevin Youkilis, Poll, Terry Francona, Theo Epstein
A tornado ripped through the streets of Boston this past week and it wasn’t made by mother nature. Gone are the Red Sox manager and GM (supposedly). The dirty laundry is hanging from the rafters of Fenway Park and no one, it seems, is safe. The front office has...
by charliesap | Oct 4, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis
Today starts a series in which we look back on the individual performances put forth by each major Red Sox contributor during the 2011 season. Since the outspoken Kevin Youkilis seems to be in the limelight a lot these days, we’ll start with his 2011 season in...
by chipbuck | Oct 3, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis
Do you ever feel like we’ve stepped onto a demented merry-go-round that’s been possessed by the tazmanian devil? In the latest edition of the Red Sox news cycle that never ends, Kevin Youkilis appeared on WAAF this morning (via Jerry Spar of WEEI) where...
by darryl johnston | Sep 18, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis, Placido Polanco
What are we going to do about Kevin Youkilis next year? I say ‘we’ as though that pronoun is appropriate, but in reality, we can’t do anything about Youkilis, except hope that he regains some semblance of health in 2012. Though if we were to play the role of general...
by charliesap | Sep 8, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Josh Reddick, Kevin Youkilis
<img class="aligncenter" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Red_Sox_094_Jacoby_Ellsbury.jpg/500px-Red_Sox_094_Jacoby_Ellsbury.jpg" alt="Red Sox 094 Last week, Darryl Johnston wrote an outstanding piece on Adrian...
by scandage | Sep 2, 2011 | A.J. Burnett, Adrian Gonzalez, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Derek Holland, Game Threads, Kevin Youkilis, Mariano Rivera, Mike Greenwell, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Ted Williams
Texas Rangers (78-60) @ Boston Red Sox (83-53) Derek Holland (12-5, 4.30) @ Andrew Miller (6-1, 4.42) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN, MLB Network RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES Tonight the Red Sox will try to rebound from their close 4-2 loss...
by darryl johnston | Aug 29, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Kevin Youkilis, Theo Epstein
Did you know that only one Red Sox player has more walks than strikeouts? At the end of this article, I’ll tell you who it is. We’ll start off positive because the more we get into September, the more we are going to hear from every Chicken Little looking for ratings...
by charliesap | Aug 23, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Bard, Darnell McDonald, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jed Lowrie, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Josh Reddick, Kevin Youkilis, Marco Scutaro, Ryan Lavarnway, Tim Wakefield
After taking a look at all four of the 2011 first round picks signed by the Red Sox, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the current roster and see where everyone came from. You’ll notice a bit of home-grown talent as well as some former first...
by charliesap | Aug 18, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis, Ryan Lavarnway
Ryan Lavarnway’s huge numbers in the minors this season have been well documented. He hit .293/.372/.559 with 30 home runs between double and triple-A this season. Now, he’s on his way to the show. The Boston Globe broke the news of Lavarnway’s...
