BOSTON -- Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis hasn't had a lot of time this season to get to know his new manager. But he and Bobby Valentine chatted for a few minutes before a fundraiser Thursday night for Youkilis charitable orgnazation.We talked once on the phone and then we texted a couple times about the event and stuff like that, Youkilis said. My main question to Bobby was, Whats the dress code? Because were all going to spring training, what do we bring? Because some teams wear suits. So we definitely had that conversation. It went well.It's exciting just to have him on board. He's really pumped. I think hes been everywhere, from what I hear. Hes been all over the country and doing all kinds of stuff. So its kind of fun to have him going. It's going to be a tougher spring training. We're going to be working our butts I think off with Bobby. Not that we didn't before, but I think we're going to be hitting a lot more of the fundamentals."Youkilis acknowledged the teams attitude last season was lacking. Asked if he though, Valentine was the manager who could change that, Youkilis responded:Its like my dad always said with Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson: 'You show me a great manager, you got a lot of great players'. Youkilis grew up in Cincinnati as a Reds fan. If Bobbys going to be the guy, we got to do it. But if we dont win games, the blames going to go on him, which is unfair. Thats just how it is. When players dont play well, managers, you know, things happen. Managers get fired. And I always feel personally, its on the players. Players got to play the game to keep managers looking like theyre doing the right thing. But I think hes going to be great. I think hes going to bring a winning attitude and I think hes going to get this team going from day one.Youkilis didnt know much of Valentine before he was named manager less than two months ago. The third baseman believes theyll get to know each other better during the grind of the season.I really cant go off a couple offseason conversations, either, Youkilis said. I always tell people, like when June and July rolls around and were grinding it out and were in it, then you can have a better impressions. You cant, even in spring training, you wont get a good impression because youre not in winning streaks and losing streaks. But I think the thing with Bobby that I got now is you play the game hard you play the game right and you do the little things and hes going to love you.