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Kevin Youkilis has signed a one-year contract with the New York Yankees worth $12 million.
Say it ain’t so.
He will play third in the absence of Alex Rodriguez who will miss much of the 2013 season due to hip surgery.
Youk had a tumultuous 2012 season. He and Bobby Valentine simply did not click. Bobby V. did not endear himself to his players nor Red Sox Nation when he questioned Youk’s hustle.
In his final appearance with the Sox on June 24th, Youk hit a triple and left the game to a standing ovation. Following the game, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox. Shortly thereafter, Youk returned to Fenway in pale Sox and earned standing ovation after standing ovation. Youk had a productive tenure with the Chisox but they faded in the last two weeks of the season and missed the playoffs. The White Sox subsequently declined the option on his contract which was worth $13 million.
Yet it must be remembered the Youk trade even became political fodder when President Obama made the mistake of telling a crowd of supporters at Boston’s Symphony Hall, “Thanks for Youkilis.” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney insisted that the Boston faithful were chanting “Youkkkk”. Um, no.
Well, the “Youkkkks” will turn to “Youkkkk suck” when Youk shows up at Fenway in a Yankee uniform. Strangely, the Yankees don’t make their first visit to Fenway after the 2013 All-Star Game. Well, it’ll make things that much more dramatic.
Is it possible that Youkilis is the Yankees’ first Jewish player since Ken Holtzman?
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Bob K| 12.12.12 @ 9:08AM
Does it make a difference what his religion is?
Occam's Tool| 12.13.12 @ 5:04PM
Yes. Yes it does. The presence of elite Jewish athletes combats certain stereotypes of Jews, as the presence of Ben Carson,MD as the head of pediatric neurosurgery at Hopkins helps combat certain stereotypes about Blacks. So yes, it matters, Bob K.
We kvell more about Mark Spitz than any of our EIGHT Nobel Prize winners over the last two years, because Jewish Nobelists are much more common than Jewish Olympic multiple gold medallists. Does that make sense?
Bob K| 12.13.12 @ 7:08PM
After Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax any stereotypes that Jews couldn't play baseball disappeared. There have been well over 100 of them who played in the Majors. Far more than say, Native American Indians.
It's no big deal anymore.
RJ| 12.12.12 @ 4:22PM
So many of the Red Sox players end up with the Yankees. It may be tougher being a Red Sox fan than a Cubs fan.
Occam's Tool| 12.14.12 @ 7:02PM
RJ: screw you, no. The White Sox have been in the World Series twice and won one since the Cubs were last in. Being a Cubbie fan is a vale of tears unrivalled.
Occam's Tool| 12.14.12 @ 7:01PM
Bob K:
I'm talking stereotypes:
"Care for some light reading? Here's "Famous Jewish Athletes." This crap continues, you see.
You and I know that the first great heavyweight of modern times, for example, was Daniel Mendoza, and that
Barney Ross, Abe Attell, Benny Leonard, Slapsey Maxey Rosenbloom were all world champions, but many people don't, for example.
Again, most of the Jewish players more closely resemble Moe Berg rather than Hammering Hank. Again, there have been many more Jewish Nobelists than MLBers. That's a good thing, but it sets the stereotype.
Every Shawn Green is still a big deal. We expect Nobellists, like Alabamans expect great college football. But an Alabaman winning the Nobel IS a big deal, although there has been great scientific work done in Alabama. (Harrison's Textbook in Medicine is named after an UAB prof, for example)