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Why Kevin Youkilis decided to get into broadcasting after all

Lots of words — many poignant, some cringe-worthy — have been written through the generations about the bond baseball forges between fathers and sons.

Kevin Youkilis, who will serve as the color analyst on approximately 50 NESN Red Sox broadcasts this season, has his own appreciation of that theme.

Memories of good times talking baseball with his dad are the reason the former Sox star has decided to give broadcasting a chance.

“When I first stopped playing, broadcasting wasn’t something I thought about doing,” said Youkilis, whose post-playing-career accomplishments included working in the Cubs front office under Theo Epstein and opening a brewery, Loma Brewing.