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Middlebrooks: 'Honor' to learn from Youk

June, 25, 2012

6/25/12

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By ESPNBoston.com

Late last night, Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks chimed in for the first time on the Kevin Youkilis trade, taking to his Twitter account to share his thoughts on the man he's replacing at the hot corner:

https://twitter.com/middlebrooks/status/217075247436939265

If was the emergence of Middlebrooks, of course, that made Youkilis the odd man out in the Red Sox lineup.

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