I’ve been in denial about the seemingly impending Kevin Youkilis trade.  I wouldn’t categorize him as my binky but when all my binkies pretty much got dfa’d, traded or retired, I kind of clung to him as a remnant of when this team could do no wrong.  Plus, as someone who has been very critical of the way he’s acted and things he’s said in the past, I felt like I watched him mature right before our eyes. So it’s fair to say that I developed a fondness for Youk and when he’s gone I will miss him. Having written that, I get the business of baseball and I see why it wouldn’t be the worst thing to trade him.  Watching Will Middlebrooks play is fun and every time they announce he’s in the lineup I’m actually excited to see what he’ll do.  Even in the midst of losing streaks.  So that takes the sting out of losing someone like Youk, for me anyway. Were Youk my brother I’m sure I’d be taking all the trade talk personally. So I understand why his chef brother Scott decided to use Twitter to release some of that anger.  I think, though, it’s [...]

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