Youk and the Sox brawl with Detroit

appreciate that team first attitude. That Terry Francona is bringing to the table here today. If you Buick TC joked with him last Wednesday about you know stuff happening on Tuesday lots of stuff I -- help how -- Red Sox Wednesday -- I appreciate that team first attitude but I Nikita too -- last night -- to too hard for giving us the oft talked about.

Splendid talk about last night Kevin Youkilis. You guys are -- we've talked about it already. On the station talked about it. From for the bulk of the morning. Kevin Youkilis charges the mound and I think the debate. Is in the wrong place is there any question. That he would hit intentionally I don't think not for me there's not a question was -- intentional. And and we'll talk about that the second got some sound from revenue was whose owners have to station early morning. For a weekly calling -- on his -- his play calling gave with our sister station. But the debate is. Should he have done what he did in mama. Was entertaining. The it was entertaining as hell. It really it it was it was crazy. Unless you're a parent there and he got an eight year old kid in union and -- economic -- to restrain themselves in the these Major League players -- in this and -- have a conversation with it but. Were adults in the audience who were up at that time. You know 9 o'clock 8 o'clock on Monday Tuesday night. It was entertaining. Was it smart ago.

No and and I know in actually was out yet in the immediate aftermath we all right Kevin you know -- what you had to and a talker and it was entertaining and analyze. Even Kevin you close to his credit said in the immediate aftermath of the game last night. He really regrets it and you're gonna regretted even more when Kevin Youkilis is unavailable -- for some stretch 5789. Game as well somewhere in.

Just a low I think it's because. We talked yesterday it's ironic we talked yesterday about Bob Watson. In the abstract you know is he objective is partial to the Astros -- partial. To the Yankees now gonna be more specific. Talking about Bob Watson because now you made it easy form. You know if if if this guy. Is a little subjectively and I think he is. When it comes to the Yankees don't give them any ammunition Kevin Youkilis -- plenty of ammunition. Guy. One -- leaving the batter's box to throwing his helmet three. Tackling. Purcell -- like your average that's fanatic angle which means. Not not well. So you'll probably get I won't be surprised if he probably deserves a ten game suspension. How surprised that Bob Watson gives -- twelve and then it's reduced down nine or eight but he's going to be out for at least a week.

About the line -- and and I think you know and and sitting here now in the immediate aftermath the testosterone. Fueled aftermath -- A good old bench clearing base brawl. You know -- boy cabinets -- guy even Kevin by the time he had cooled his head a little bit was talking to the media after the game regretted it because he. Leo said last night we always going to be suspended Kevin said last night I don't going to be suspended. And the Red Sox can't afford to have Kevin Youkilis out of line up for any CI area it's.

You know god don't buy it that that the Red Sox needed this to get them fired up if you look at the Red Sox. And this is not a small sample size here if you look at the Red Sox record. Give to Detroit Tigers in the last fifty games. Fifty games they won 36 of -- against the tigers. So those are good tigers team's bad tiger teams averaged tigers team.

The only thing. They're gonna get turned around because the tigers are in -- at Fenway purported doesn't matter if Kevin Youkilis charged him. I can't it drives me crazy when I hear people say that people have already called this morning saying oh yeah they needed a spark -- would spark is. On the -- they got Josh Beckett. Versus some kid who can't match up would Josh Beckett.

Well it's the people who called and talked with all the time about body language and they look fired up and at the at and for those people. They think that Jason Bay home run came because Kevin Youkilis went to the -- And what they have nothing to do with the other with the possible exception had a different pitcher. It in other words Jason Bay wasn't more -- up. Reports LO was gone. And Chris Lambert was in and Chris Lambert got I'm 34 ERA of of late here and that's why the home run happened not because. You know you -- all fired up because he went out to them out.

In his last appearance Lambert went about an inning into Thursday gave up six runs. So add up and -- being fired up okay and heading into Thursday and gave up six --

It has dealt with the fact that he's very unhittable -- he's available and and look I was thrilled when Bay's home run cleared everything and you know it. One thing if you're just watching and tacky music alt left back. He goes to the -- basically a home run off you go let.

There there are things about Kevin -- is that you absolutely love and you understand that there's a flip side to what he does in the -- to level bottom is that the sense that Kevin Youkilis. Rolls out of bed and mistaken about baseball. I asked them they really are very alike in the yeah. I went -- and -- now mean this as a criticism wouldn't say Kevin Youkilis is is is a Renaissance man he's not the most well balanced. Well adjusted guy you gotta run into what he thinks about is. Playing baseball and well at times blog and if you're not thinking about baseball he's thinking about sports Jesus sports freak out. You know still pays attention to the bank of the that you can tell you everything that's going on in bank of training camp. And he'll be watching hard knocks just like you but you'll be watching a little closer because that's his hometown team. So he's the guy who thinks about baseball all the time thinks about how we gonna get better baseball. Being passionate about it winning games. These are all great things these of the things you ask. J. D. Drew to be and he's not going to be. Adam LaRoche left town animal wrote -- J. D. Drew clone right right same thing not happening not gonna see a lot of emotion. Out of him and I don't think those guys walk around thinking about the game all the time. But Kevin nucleus does but the other side of that is. He probably take to game a little too seriously. And and there are going to be moments where he should you know take the high rotors say aren't. This guy hit me. And how much you know when it drops an -- bombs on them by Dustin Pedroia did right art right are much drops -- up bombs on them I'll let I'll let him know how I feel. But I'm not gonna charge the mound because. Our team can't afford.

He just lost his temper. And I've lost my temper before you bluster temper before he just lost I lost my retirement ago on Jimmy Stewart probably -- you remember back. At a beauty art so well he lost to tackle. A temper he snapped. In the immediate aftermath I'm short in is these ones that do here. Because he told them at the helmet left his hand at the minute -- batter's box but at the outlet does and gonna sit down -- And this team we're happy and sit down one. -- have players with Kotchman here Martinez here they have people in the Christian. Kevin Youkilis out of my lineup well.

Lost -- lost their best first baseman they're gonna lose their best first baseman their best third baseman. Maybe there were stopped over its -- Kevin but. That they're gonna look at him and maybe may arguably their best thinner right for a week at least.

Now if if if he got hurt. And you missed all those things for a wake you say you know what that's that's the rub of the green there's nothing you can do about it. But there was something he can do about this one and he knows that this team can't afford to be --

Out wait until you see your boy Bob Watson and action. Wait until Bob Watson gets his hands on this. And gives out of suspension. That will be two games more than it should be. I'm thinking that it probably ten game suspension and if you just think it's. Looking at all of the elements that happened here. Lot of moving parts from Kevin Youkilis and Major League Baseball looks edit it if they're they're doing one of those old school big -- out. Their free. On the screen you check mark one think freeze it is strong economic -- he's tackling and the guy.

Freeze before I get that he's in the batter's box. All these things are negative. And they'll probably should result in a -- game suspension. But I think Bob what can take the twelfth time I think you're wrong on this one and I hope obviously got Tom and I just quickly to look while we were talking here. When Mike. I'm I'm I'm just looking at headlines you're not positive a Richie Sexson make tenth 2008. Was given a six game suspension for charging them that draws -- and again -- guys and that's the underrated part it was reduced the --

And that that's the that's the underrated part of this whole thing. When you have somebody in place who was not fair. Across the board I don't think Bob Watson has been fair across the board you know feel about this. Then you up to their interpretation their twisted interpretation. -- now. Do you treat -- the same way you treat -- back. In his eyes deceased as he turned the helmet into a weapon. That could hurt the pitcher hurt people around and I guess I just don't trust is. His view of what happened last night and because I don't trust the epic is going to be a little higher than it should be when Coco Crisp. Charged the mound against the Tampa Bay Rays actually. He was suspended for seven. Against big game James Shields Andy at a reduced but yes. That's seven games charging the mound without throwing them -- amount he he ducked James Shields tried to get a little boxing moved there. And then they start to go at it and then I understand he's got a heart beat out of him but -- By Carl Crawford -- from left field shot at that don't forget. Yeah I got off the bench. That -- provide Tampa on it like it -- what Craig Johnny gonna idea army to attack him like he was breaking into a house with them.

Here's what I think will happen I think he'll get like seven to nine games and he'll serve five to seven games. And and you're right the helmet does change things somewhat. Republican and all these other charging the mound suspensions and they're all five games six games seven games so login via the the helmet throwing -- ups the ante a little bit.

Well though the sexson Coco Crisp now Kevin Youkilis all war but from everything I just surgery. It sounds like the longest suspension was a Red Sox seven. -- let it out of all of these people arrests are up a lot of time it got 38 RD. Coming up about what I'm an explosion. At parity. Hate the Red Sox. That way you love you some yankees when Richie Sexson was suspended. He charged the mound through his helmet and instigated a brawl and how many games yet. He guy his punishment was five games suspect that. Okay Bob Watson what to all and you're you're you're you're making accusation almost happened yet in terms of -- you know what I know I know what I'm -- the facts here the facts are. I saw you know Coco Crisp did what he did. And Richie Sexson did what he did and we know we saw Coco we -- up close and it wasn't all that wasn't hurling things and -- at six it was reduced to five. Coco got seven. Without throwing anything.

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