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
carrying team weight
You never want to put the weight of the team on one guy. David?s been carrying us.
chance confidence help teammates
I have a lot of confidence in my teammates that they'll get us (to the playoffs). Hopefully, I'll have the chance to help out.
couple help team
I live for that moment. The team is down with two outs and I help the team win. I want to do that for a couple of more years.
birthday boat bunch front great guy johnny media remember step time
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.
bleeding cheek corner definitely fan gets guy happen hit older scary seen surprised ugly
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.
attribute good helps hitters selective smart
It's like they always say, good hitters walk. You get to be a good hitter before you get a lot of walks, that's the way I see it. You take a lot of pitches. You can be smart and selective at the plate, and that helps attribute to walks.
basically chance confidence guys help hopefully pitching playoff stinks tough whatever work year
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.
anyone beginning good great notoriety order past percentage point time whenever writes
It was great in the beginning. I got a lot of notoriety about it in Double-A. Now it's getting to the point where it's past that time. It's a time where whenever anyone writes something about me, it's, 'Oh, he has a great on-base percentage.' Well, in order to have a good on-base percentage you've got to hit, too.
pains sharpest
It was probably one of the sharpest pains I've had.
best boomer competing good guys pitchers
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.
both guy work worked
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.
city steam
You don't want to go into an off-day in another city with a loss. You want to have a big W there and go into an off-day with a little steam ahead.
clicking close games hit last opponents pitching sign start tough tried trying
I tried not to do too much (in the at-bat). We're trying to hit our way out of games. We've done that the last two days. I think it's a sign of things to come later. When we start clicking it's going to be tough for our opponents to keep games close because of the pitching we have.
hoping later
It's not really about swinging. If it hurts, it hurts. I'm hoping (to return) later in the week. Right now, it's still a little tender.