Boston Red Sox - Ellsbury on fast track - The Boston Globe

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JUPITER, Fla. - He is the next one, the can't-miss kid of Boston sports, the player fans didn't want the Red Sox to trade - even when Johan Santana was on the block. He is Jacoby Ellsbury, maybe the fastest player in Red Sox history, a guy who can score from second on a wild pitch, a guy who can hit .353 in a 33-game sample at the end of the 2007 season, a guy who can lead off in a World ... [link]

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The Circle of Life, or Rather Plagiarism
Published 3/5/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
... That article, which appears on The Bleacher Report under Mr. Potter’s byline, was actually written by Dan Shaughnessy and appeared in yesterday’s Boston Globe. Word for word. ...

Bumper crop of center fielders
Published 3/7/2008 by Derrick Goold at Bird Land » Bird Land
... 23. JACOBY ELLSBURY, BOS (Oregon State) … Already has a .438 career average in the World Series and a ring and still has a shot at the rookie of the year award. He also maybe the fastest player in Red Sox history. ...

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