Tim Wakefield’s former manager Jimy Williams had an expression for what happened to Kevin Youkilis and the Red Sox on Friday night in a 7-6 loss to the Seattle Mariners in 11 innings at Fenway Park.

In the fourth inning, a fan wearing a white hat held his ground for a souvenir instead of giving way to Youkilis on a foul ball near the Mariners dugout on the third base side. The ball was one row deep into the seats but Youkilis had a bead on it.

The batter, Ryan Langerhans, rips the next pitch to left-center for a double that started a three-run rally against Wakefield.

“It was a pretty big sigh of relief because when I first hit it, I thought it was easily into the stands and then I saw that Youkilis had a pretty good bead on it and thought, ‘Oh no!’ The guy getting in his way definitely gave me a big sigh of relief and then I was able to get on the next pitch,” Langerhans said. Read the rest of this entry »