Youk-Fu
by Texy
2009 February 26 at 8:33 am
Kevin Youkilis‘ facial hair has taken on a life of its own.
Back when he had the chin beard (ah, the good old days), Youk just referred to it as a goatee. But now that he went off on a lark and shaved it into the shape of a Fu Manchu, Youk has bestowed a name on his new facial hair configuration.
Behold, the Youk-Fu, formally presented by Youk during a dugout interview with Don Orsillo during last night’s spring training game against the Twins in Ft. Myers:
I have to say… I actually dig the new look. It pays proper homage to the great Sal Fasano.
It’s actually starting to look good to me. Cute, even. I must truly have a problem.
“Hi, I’m fc, and I’m a Youkaholic.”
Thanks for the post. And YES I’m still breathing.
@fc: Good old baseball boyfriend addiction. I can so totally relate.
Maybe the Youk-Fu will catch on this season. Hopefully not.
As they’ve noted on Surviving Grady, the Youk-Fu resembles the porn ’stache of John Holmes. If it catches on, I’ll wonder if MLB hasn’t got a business on the side.
I definitely prefer it to the caveman beard.
My husband and I used to call the big goatee thing his “Troll-beard”.
I did like how he called this phase the “ugliest I’ll ever look”. Priceless!
@fc: No, I agree. It’s a major improvement. He looks like a dork child with no facial hair at all, and like a billy goat with the chin beard. This is a nice compromise.
@fc: I’ll one up your cute, and say hot. Then again, it’s been well documented that I have questionable taste in athletes (see: Brian Urlacher. I know! I know!)
Thank you for sharing this awesome piece of news. I just loved the line….”I’ve been thinking about it (the name for the fuzz on my face), I’m not going to lie.” The Sox may have lost that game, but that was a winner of a lie.
At first, I hated the new look….but (pun intended), it is growing on me. I do like the crazy whole beard look though because it probably means we are playing well into October and winning.
Youk-FU. Sounds about right. :D
The Youk-Fu! The Porn Stache! The whatever-you-want-to-call-it! It’s gone! As seen in the photos on redsox.com he’s all clean shaven. I can’t believe I’m going to miss it. And yet, I feel like he will be able to grow it back in about 72 hours time.
Next up? Shave that thing off Jed Lowrie’s face. I know it probably took months to get it there but seriously, shave it off, kid.