Done Deal: White Sox Obtain Youkilis

[Tazer4mvp]

In the end if youks produce all that really matters, Iam not a fan and think he won't stay healthy and he is in decline...I hope he does and the Sox win all I care about and all WE SOX fans should care about.

 

[Captain Iago]

I wish. Haven't seen any. Just heard some small quotes. I'd imagine that once he gets to Chicago they might have a presser or something.

Now that would be a huge mistake. :andruw:

 

[BigP50]

Yeah Id assume press conference tomorrow.

 

[TheChicagoFan]

Now that would be a huge mistake. :andruw:

Having a press conference to announce him? Wouldn't be anything big, I'm just thinking like locker interviews. Wouldn't want a big show.

 

[Capt. Serious]

In the end if youks produce all that really matters, Iam not a fan and think he won't stay healthy and he is in decline...I hope he does and the Sox win all I care about and all WE SOX fans should care about.

Yet, Youk says this has been the best he's felt health wise, in quite some time.

The guy is 33 not 43 for **** sakes.

 

[BigP50]

Paulie is 36 and no one comments on his age..

 

[Tazer4mvp]

Yet, Youk says this has been the best he's felt health wise, in quite some time.

The guy is 33 not 43 for **** sakes.

What the hell do you think he is gonna say.

 

[Rice Cube]

Don't recall if anyone linked this:

Directionless Red Sox hope for addition by subtraction | HardballTalk

 

[DewsSox79]

he needed out of boston ever since bobby v came into the picture. who knows about his injury? fresh start, 1st place team, full time job, and can have lunch with theo.

 

[TheChicagoFan]

Tired of Sox fans judging what will happen without even seeing him play a game in a White Sox uniform. Wait a week or two and then we can decide whether it was a good move or not. Nobody knows what will happen.

 

[DewsSox79]

Tired of Sox fans judging what will happen without even seeing him play a game in a White Sox uniform. Wait a week or two and then we can decide whether it was a good move or not. Nobody knows what will happen.

its not a bad move for what we gave up thats for sure.

 

[dabynsky]

No one is pulling for this move to work out more for the Sox than me. Granted my ulterior motive is to make the Tigers panic and overpay in a deal for Garza/Barney.

 

[Rice Cube]

No one is pulling for this move to work out more for the Sox than me. Granted my ulterior motive is to make the Tigers panic and overpay in a deal for Garza/Barney.

It's a good ulterior motive to have

 

[inactiveuser1]

Get quality veteran 3rd baseman? Check
Get rid of Zach Stewart? Check

 

[dabynsky]

It's a good ulterior motive to have

Turner/Castellanos

 

[nickofypres]

People were really pants pissing when it looked like Thornton was leaving.

TBO is also a huge ******.

 

[DewsSox79]

People were really pants pissing when it looked like Thornton was leaving.

TBO is also a huge ******.

:rofl:

 

[nickofypres]

Reading through this thread is embarrassing. Even Youk's current line is better than Hudson, Morel, etc.

Boston is paying most of his salary, and if he bombs out, buy him out for $1 million.

Plus it only cost us Stewart and Lillibridge.

 

[DewsSox79]

Reading through this thread is embarrassing. Even Youk's current line is better than Hudson, Morel, etc.

Boston is paying most of his salary, and if he bombs out, buy him out for $1 million.

Plus it only cost us Stewart and Lillibridge.

It is actually very sad reading through the archives from today.

1) if kenny gave more people would say he got fleeced

2) since we gave up shit, other teams think he is done

#2 is stated by cub fans

 

[Rice Cube]

It is actually very sad reading through the archives from today.

1) if kenny gave more people would say he got fleeced

2) since we gave up shit, other teams think he is done

#2 is stated by cub fans

#2 isn't necessarily wrong. But #2 should be amended to say that "other teams didn't want to give up as much as the White Sox did in order to obtain a guy coming off injury who is aging and expensive." I don't think Youk is done but you have to accept that giving up too much may not be wise. The Red Sox basically got as good as they were going to get or else they wouldn't have pulled the trigger on the trade.