National Post Sports

Changing his Sox: Kevin Youkilis sat in the Chicago White Sox dugout before his first game with his new team, looking relaxed, sounding confident and flashing a toothy smile through his trademark bushy goatee.

After two World Series titles, a whole lot of hits and walks and some conflict and struggle of late over eight years with Boston, Youkilis spent Monday trying to get acclimated to a new environment and a different group of colleagues. He seemed at ease, eager to join the first-place White Sox in the wide-open AL Central and leave behind the grind of his now-former division. Sentiment will have to wait.