Joba: Youkilis hasn't returned his call

[SOS4Prez]

The New York Daily News has an interesting story today. Joba Chamberlain told reporters that Kevin Youkilis has failed to return a call from him.

When the Yankees signed Youkilis in December, Chamberlain placed a call to the hot-tempered former Red Sox infielder to welcome him to the team. He left a message and Youkilis never called back.

“I did everything I can do,” Chamberlain said. “I can’t control what Kevin Youkilis does, I can only control what I do and, you know what, we’ll go on from there.”

Chamberlain said he wasn't surprised.

“No, not really. I’m bound to run into him at some point. Sooner rather than later. We’ll see what happens. We’re grown men," he said.

Chamberlain has a well-documented history with Youkilis, hitting him once and throwing near his head a few times. But in most cases, players put personal differences aside once they become teammates.

The Yankees clubhouse has plenty of leaders and surely this situation will iron itself out. But it's probably fair to say Youkilis and Chamberlain won't be going out in Little Italy for dinner any time soon.

I don't think it'll become anything. Just find it funny.

[pooh555]

I believe the reason for this is because Joba Chamberlain sucks, and Youklis knows he has better things to do than talk with a AAA Mopup guy, such as help win games, or, you know, novel concepts like that

[G-men]

I don't remember any real problems between these two but who knows. It's nothing really anyway

[LMD]

Originally Posted by G-men

I don't remember any real problems between these two but who knows.

:blinker:

Come on man. Joba plunked the guy seemingly every time they played in the early days.

I'm with SOS. Its not really a news story, but I find this hysterical.

[DBTS]

Yeah, definitely a plunking history between the 2.

As for the story, eh...

Obviously they're teammates, but that's likely all they'll be.