Kevin Youkilis ©DirectoryofBoston.com I admit it I haven’t been paying close attention to the Boston Red Sox this season. This past weekend though my family went on their annual visit to Fenway Park where the Red Sox played Detroit on Saturday. At that point it was clear that the Red Sox are not the same team I was used to seeing. I hardly recognized some of the players and at the beginning of the game there definitely seemed to be something lacking in the atmosphere. What was it? Was it Pedroia? Was it Jacoby? Where is the new Cameron guy? Of course the answer is that these players are injured and worse yet today’s news is that Kevin Youkilis might need to have an MRI on his thumb after hurting it in yesterday’s game. Youkilis is one of those players you either love or hate. He brings a level of intensity that at times make people uncomfortable but I fall on the side of favoring it. Besides the fact that there are many injured players you need something to spark the Red Sox and my family and I got to see some of that on Saturday where David Ortiz pulled out some of his old 9th inning magic. We also got to see the new guy Kalish hit some base hits that sparked the team at a time when many of the fans at Fenway were ready to just go home.
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Can the Boston Red Sox Rise Above Their Injuries?
