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boston.com - 8/19/2008

A defensive reaction from first basemen

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For those (including this writer) who thought Kevin Youkilis should have converted a double play that would have gotten Josh Beckett out of the first inning after just four runs Sunday, Youkilis has a message: It's not as easy as it looks.

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