SubscribeNY or Cleveland for Youkilis?
So will Kevin Youkilis accept the Yankees one-year, $12 mi offer, or the Cleveland Indians’ bid for a two-year, $18 mil deal? In addition to the extra season, the Cincinnati-born ballplayer would have a chance to play before the home-state fans.
Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser debated this on yesterday’s Pardon the Interruption, with Wilbon coming down against the Yankees idea since Youkilis had a poor 2012 campaign. Although he did note that the last time New York signed a former Red Sox player — Johnny Damon — things worked out pretty well.
At least one blogger points out that the Yankees haven’t had a Jewish player since Ken Holtzman in the 1970s. That strikes me as amazing.
This is a blog about some of the choices that Kevin Youkilis faces as an intermarried Jew. The Boston Herald reported that Youkilis is engaged to marry Julie Brady, the sister of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. The couple quietly got married in New York in
mid-April and a baby is rumored to be on the way.
http://www.jewishjournal.com/demographic_duo/item/kevin_youkilis_marrying_out_to_tom_bradys_sister_20120210