Left out of the All-Star game, Kevin Youkilis at least gets some love from Buster Olney, in an excellent piece:
[H]is at-bats tend to drag on, as he takes pitches and fouls them off in bunches. He averages more than 4.1 pitches per plate appearance, among the league leaders. He knows his long ABs will frustrate the guy on the mound, because he has listened to Red Sox pitchers come back to the dugout griping after opposing hitters have done the same thing. "There is nothing better than when you have a 10-pitch at-bat and then get a hit," he says.
That description of Youk is HI-larious – the rest of the article is complimentary but I’m still chuckling over the hairy-chinned beast thing.
My and my son’s favorite nickname for him is “Useless” but in reality he’s anything but.