Boston Red Sox - Ellsbury, Crisp vie for Red Sox CF job - The Boston Globe

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Forget Obama or Hillary, Jacoby or Coco?
Published 2/20/2008 by digital-derek at SawxBlog
... to bet, I'd say that we trade Coco for some bullpen help, and have Jacoby starting in center by Opening Day. I honeslty can't see the Sox leaving this one loose end hanging around while all other ships appear to be in order. Should be a fun plot line to watch develop though,  and I gurantee you that the Sox are hoping Crisp tears it up this spring so that his stock and trading value will rise. Boston Herald: No doubt, Ellsbury’s in CF Boston Globe: Central Casting ...

Absolutely No Doubt
Published 2/20/2008 by Texas Gal at Center Field
... . Wait a minute, I meant to say... There is no question that the starting CF spot going to the winner of a battle between Jacoby and Coco Crisp. I swear- I read it in the Globe: The Red Sox have a bona fide competition on their hands as Jacoby Ellsbury and Coco Crisp are competing to be the starter in center field . And if the mainstream media is confused, Coco Crisp is even more turned around. From a starter in 2007 (and widely regarded as the ...

JaCoco Crispbury
Published 2/23/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
All the talk in Boston this weekend is about our two centerfielders. There’s no debate among the Fenway Faithful as to who should get the job; Coco Crisp has had two years to establish himself in the position, and has failed to do so. Jacoby Ellsbury came up big in the pennant race, and proved himself such a spark plug that manager Terry Francona had no choice but to keep playing him—especially after Coco posted a .182 average in the postseason. We feel for Coco, no doubt. We know a broken finger can really mess with a ...