Bobby Valentine and Kevin Youkilis Spat Set to Erupt for White Sox at Red Sox
Kevin Youkilis will be returning to Boston this coming week, sparking rumors the friction between him and Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine is set to erupt.
The White Sox are heading to Boston this week with Youkilis and Valentine becoming the main topic of conversation in the build up to the match up.
However, despite the media building up the feud between the two, Youkilis holds no grudges and has moved on. That is the view put forward by Scott Merkin on Twitter who posted, "I got nothing about any of that stuff. I'm over all the Boston thing this year. There's a lot of great past history, but this year I'm focused on the White Sox."
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Meanwhile Valentine has called the entire episode a "joke," and has criticized Youkilis for not wanting to "get over it."
Valentine has said, according to Boston.com: "I think that's a joke. I wasn't here last year. There was no friction in spring training. So I think that's a joke. But I'll take all that. I think the comment that I made early, he made a big issue out of and I don't think he ever wanted to get over it."
He was speaking about an altercation earlier this year in April when he told a local TV station that in his opinion he did not believe Youkilis was "physically or emotionally" into baseball this season as much as he once was.
Whether there are any issues or not will be made clear during the course of the current series. The White Sox and the Red Sox come together for the four game series this week, with both knowing the encounter could shape the rest of their seasons.
