boston.com - 11/19/2008
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The Red Sox have traded center fielder Coco Crisp to the Royals for righthanded relief pitcher Ramon Ramirez, a major league baseball source has confirmed to the Globe's Nick Cafardo. The deal was first reported this morning on Kansas City...
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BOSTON, Mass. (TSC) — A surprisingly upbeat Coco
Crisp walked out of Red Sox GM Theo Epstein’s
office Wednesday morning with news that the outfielder had been traded to the Kansas City Royals — taking Epstein by a pleasant surprise.
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Coco Crisp supports small business, Kansas City trade
mlbtraderumors.com - 11/19/2008
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mlbtraderumors.com —
According to Brian McRae reporting for Sports Radio
810 in Kansas City, the Royals acquired Coco Crisp
from the Red Sox for reliever Ramon Ramirez . I emailed McRae to confirm, and he said, "It's a done deal."
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Coco Crisp Traded To Royals
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Kansas City Here He Comes
Boston Dirt Dogs —
... Coco Is Going to the Royals
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Peter Gammons: "The Red ...
Crisp to Royals?
Center Field —
... ) Red Sox exec Ben Cherington was on XM's MLB Home Plate radio station saying "the report is premature." The Globe has more on the story from folks in KC: ...
Massive Covelli Crisp Move: Coco Crisp to Royals?
Walkoff Walk —
As per sports radio station WHB 810 in Kansas City, via the Extra Bases blog, via our commenter D. Chuck fka UTFLW, Coco Crisp is headed to the Royals in exchange for young relief pitching stud Ramon Ramirez. Without confirming or denying the report, Royals senior adviser Mike Arbuckle had this to say about Crisp:
"I would say Coco is a good player and we're always interested in getting good players."
I guess the Royals are pretty satisfied with their pitching staff and the Red Sox are pretty satisfied with Jacoby Ellsbury in ...
Coco Crisp Traded To Royals For Ramon Ramirez
SOX & Dawgs —
... There has a been a rumor going around this morning that started on a Kansas City radio station that the Boston Red Sox were set to trade Coco Crisp to the Kansas City Royals for reliever Ramon Ramirez. ...
Coco traded for RP Ramirez; Who's the new 4th OF ???
The Bottom Line —
The Globe's Nick Cafardo has confirmed that the Coco Crisp/Ramon Ramirez trade is legit: [image] The Red Sox have traded center fielder Coco Crisp to the Royals for righthanded relief pitcher Ramon Ramirez, a major league baseball source has confirmed to the Globe's Nick Cafardo. The deal was first reported this morning on Kansas City sports radio station WHB 810 by Brian McRae, a former Royals outfielder who is a part owner of the station: During an on-air interview a few moments ago, Royals senior adviser Mike Arbuckle would not confirm that the deal was complete. "I ...
So Long Coco
The Slanch Report —
... Was a strong middle reliever all that the Sox could get for him? I thought the market for Coco was a bit better, I thought the haul would be a little better, but hey, a strong bullpen arm is always necessary. Initial thoughts make this move seem like a first step to transferring Masterson back to the rotation, I for one hope that is NOT the case. I want to see (like Keith Law) Masterson become a super reliever. Someone who pitches something like 100-120 innings a year, comes in for 2-3 inning stretches at a time. I think he’d be PERFECT in this role and ...
Two-Liner!
The Big Lead —
Coco Crisp traded… UNC Freshman Tyler Zeller breaks wrist - could be done for the season…
Glove Removal Machine
Surviving Grady —
... Now he's gone, traded to Kansas City for relief pitcher Ramón Ramírez. And if I have to remember him for any one thing, it'll be that human Hindenberg he pulled to snare the final out of the 2007 ALCS, barrel-assing into the corner triangle and sacrificing everything he had to close it out. ...
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boston.redsox.mlb.com 11/19/2008 — KANSAS CITY -- The Royals acquired center fielder Coco Crisp from the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday in exchange for relief pitcher Ramon Ramirez. The deal was announced by the Royals at 11 a.m. CT. Ramirez, in the Dominican Republic, was informed of ...
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Coco Crisp Traded to Royals
mlb.fanhouse.com 11/20/2008 — by Jacob Wheatley-Schaller Dayton Moore's busy offseason continued on Wednesday as he made another trade , acquiring outfielder Coco Crisp from the Red Sox in exchange for reliever Ramon Ramirez . Crisp had been on the trading block for awhile, ...
Report: Coco Crisp Traded to Royals —
Bleacher Report - MLB 11/19/2008
According to Brian McRae reporting for Sports Radio 810 in Kansas City , the Royals acquired center fielder Coco Crisp from the Red Sox for reliever Ramon Ramirez.
Crisp had been the subject of almost constant trade rumors for much of the 2008 ...
Red Sox trade OF Crisp to Royals (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 11/19/2008
Outfielder Coco Crisp was traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday for reliever Ramon Ramirez. Royals general manager Dayton Moore called the switch-hitting Crisp a "championship-caliber player" who will help Kansas ...
