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By Steve Silva, Boston.com Staff Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine spoke Wednesday on WEEI's Dennis &Callahan show about having Kevin Youkilis, Adrian Gonzalez, andWill Middlebrooks all in the lineup at the same time. Valentine wasasked if the new outfield alignment was sustainable over the longterm. "I don't think it's an everyday thing," Valentine said. "I thinkit's something that can be used throughout the year, but no I don'tthink it's an everyday solution ..." "You have to see things to figure out what can go right and whatcan go wrong only because of the lack of familiarity with Adrianplaying right field mainly, but even Kevin, he'd have to get backin the saddle at first base to do it every day. I just don't knowthat it's an everyday fix." Regarding third baseman Middlebrooks's status with the big club,Valentine said he and Sox GM Ben Cherington were both on the samepage.
"I totally am on board with Ben's take (that Youkilis would notlose his job to injury)," Valentine said. "Kevin's going to playthird base. This is a situation that arose out of necessity, notout of choice. We're lucky to have a guy as versatile as Kevin toplay on both sides of the infield and a guy as willing andversatile as Adrian who would move from first to right field toallow us to line those guys up for a while." The Red Sox manager expressed a few concerns with having Gonzalezin the outfield, but nothing that is stopping him from using doingit again.
Valentine said Youkilis would be back at first base todaywith Adrian Gonzalez in right field if he "had his legs under him."Valentine also said Scott Podsednik would get a start in centerfield in today's matinee at Camden Yards. Before Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Orioles, Youkilis downplayed hisreturn from a DL stint. He started at first base. "There's not more to the story than playing tonight and just goingout there and playing ..
that's it. There's not a story here, justgoing out and playing ... I played first base for five years here,it's not like they asked me to play center," Youkilis said. Regarding having the speed-challenged Gonzalez play in FenwayPark's spacious right field, Valentine did not rule it out. "Adrian is a very astute baseball player," Valentine said.
"Hepositions himself as well as anyone I've seen in the outfield inthe two games he's played there. He understands the hitters thatwe're playing against and he's moving more than normal, so if wepitch properly and the guy hits it where they're supposed to, Ithink that he'll be able to close a gap, but there's no way ofcovering all the ground because of a lack of foot speed." Valentine did not embrace the idea of having Gonzalez play leftfield because of the added challenge of having a different view ofthe ball coming off the hitter's bat on the left side of the field,but wasn't ruling out having the All-Star first baseman seeingsubstantial playing time in right field while the outfield injurycrisis continues. "He played right field one winter ball season in Mexico," Valentinesaid, and then adding later, "We had a situation where Adrian, totry to allow the team to win, was volunteering to pitch, and therelationship I've had with Adrian from the first day of springtraining has been one where he communicates his thoughts freely andhe has thoughts every day on what could be the best thing and thebest solution for our team and when this situation presenteditself, it was eye contact was all that was needed and he camewalking in and said 'if you're thinking about me in right field, gofor it. I'll come out tomorrow and take fly balls.' You know hecame out the next day and took some fly balls and you know, we'reready to go and that was just interleague play.
When Cody [Ross]got hurt, he came in after the game and said the same thing." Valentine indicated Middlebrooks would be on the Red Sox benchrather than be sent back to Triple-A Pawtucket. "On occasion that probably will happen," Valentine said. "I don'tknow [if he'd go to Triple-A]. We'll see how the usage is beingexecuted. I think we just have a situation where we have to playthis by ear.
This isn't something that was planned out over thewinter or even was planned out last week or two weeks ago when Willfirst came up and Kevin first went on the disabled list. This is awork-in-progress. We'll adjust to it as the situation presentsitself.". I am a professional writer from Sports & Entertainment, which contains a great deal of information about weighted golf club , footjoy golf glove, welcome to visit!
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