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fantasyhurler.blogspot.com - 6/6/2008
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After Akinori Iwamura got taken out yesterday by a hard slide from Coco Crisp (who was retaliating for Jason Barlett having blocked him on a stolen base attempt earlier), you had to think this was coming. James Shields, Gomes, Crawford, and Crisp will all probably face suspensions.
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The Victoria Times —
... to work for New York Magazine, which I imagine is better pay than working for a blog. Although, let me tell you, income from my blogs has allowed me to supersize when I go to McDonald's. The Red Sox and Rays continued their historic rivalry yesterday . It should be noted that Coco Crisp used to box, and therefore could dodge Shields' swing. I don't know why, but I love the baseball fights. Oh, and later, the Red Sox ...
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VIDEO: Coco Crisp Slides Into Second, Grabs a Handful of Jewels
gossiponsports.com 6/5/2008 — Coco Crisp feels to see whether Achinori Iwamura wears boxers or briefs.
gossiponsports.com 6/5/2008 — Coco Crisp feels to see whether Achinori Iwamura wears boxers or briefs.
Coco Crisp Best Watch His Back, For Reals
sportingnews.com 6/5/2008 — With the Sox up 5-1 in the 8th, Crisp decided to attempt to swipe second. The Rays pitched out, and Coco was dead in the water, as they say. But, instead of admitting defeat and going down easy, Crisp tried to take out second baseman Akinori Iwamura. ...
sportingnews.com 6/5/2008 — With the Sox up 5-1 in the 8th, Crisp decided to attempt to swipe second. The Rays pitched out, and Coco was dead in the water, as they say. But, instead of admitting defeat and going down easy, Crisp tried to take out second baseman Akinori Iwamura. ...
Coco Shows Some Fire
soxanddawgs.com 6/5/2008 — During last night’s game between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays, Coco Crisp tried to steal second base in the 6th inning. When he tried to slide into second, Rays shortstop Jason Bartlett put his knee down in front of the bag, which is a no-no since someone can get seriously hurt.
soxanddawgs.com 6/5/2008 — During last night’s game between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays, Coco Crisp tried to steal second base in the 6th inning. When he tried to slide into second, Rays shortstop Jason Bartlett put his knee down in front of the bag, which is a no-no since someone can get seriously hurt.
COCO CRISP HAS FUNNY NAME, FIGHTING STYLE
withleather.com 6/6/2008 — Paul Pierce wasn't the only one in Boston with a flair for the dramatic yesterday, evidenced when the Rays' James Shields plunked Coco Crisp in retaliation for a late slide the Red Sox outfielder made going into second the other day, which was in ...
withleather.com 6/6/2008 — Paul Pierce wasn't the only one in Boston with a flair for the dramatic yesterday, evidenced when the Rays' James Shields plunked Coco Crisp in retaliation for a late slide the Red Sox outfielder made going into second the other day, which was in ...
VIDEO: Dirty Coco Crisp Aims For C**k
bugsandcranks.com 6/5/2008 — Coco Crisp imitates Shelley Duncan, tries to elbow Akinori Iwamura in the nuts -- WHILE GETTING CAUGHT STEALING, With a 4 run lead! in the 8th inning! How will the Devil Rays respond, will Jonny Gomes go after Dustin Pedroia, a la Alex Rodriguez?
bugsandcranks.com 6/5/2008 — Coco Crisp imitates Shelley Duncan, tries to elbow Akinori Iwamura in the nuts -- WHILE GETTING CAUGHT STEALING, With a 4 run lead! in the 8th inning! How will the Devil Rays respond, will Jonny Gomes go after Dustin Pedroia, a la Alex Rodriguez?
Video Confirmation: The Rays and Red Sox Really Do Hate Each Other — FanHouse
The story: As retaliation for a questionable slide Wednesday, James Shields hits Coco Crisp . Coco Crisp doesn't like that. Coco Crisp attacks James Shields. And then things get, in the words of my man Will , totally brahsome . Coco starts punching, the benches clear, Akinori Iwamura pounds the undercarriages of unidentified Red Sox with repeated jabs -- it was a great brawl. Satisfying ...
What in tarnation was that??? — Red Sox Monster
Alright, we knew it was coming. We knew Coco Crisp, fresh off a night in which he took out the Ray's second baseman Akinori Iwamura with a slide, was going to get thrown at by the Devil Rays pitching staff....
Rays & Sox Engage in Bench Clearing Brawl — Tampa Bay Rays
Well that didn’t take long.
After the heated exchange between Joe Maddon and Coco Crisp you knew something was going to happen tonight. Crisp accused Jason Bartlett of “a shady play” when Bartlett blocked the second base on a Crisp attempted steal in last nights game. Crisp retaliated with a hard slide into second base later on in the game taking out Rays 2B Aki Iwamura. ...
Coco Explains His Slide — The Joy of Sox
Coco Crisp said his hard slide into Akinori Iwamura was payback for Tampa shortstop Jason Bartlett blocking the bag with his knee on Crisp's stolen base attempt two innings earlier. He put his whole knee in front of the bag, and it's not something you do as an infielder. You can do that, but that's shady. And he's not a bad dude, but that's shady. It is what it is. You gonna hurt me, I'm going ...
6/5: News & Notes — DRaysBay
CRISP SLIDE:
The lasting story to come out of last night's 5-1 loss to Boston was the eighth inning slide by Red Sox OF Coco Crisp into 2B Akinori Iwamura , and Rays Manager Joe Maddon's resulting shouting match with Crisp. The Tribune's Marc Lancaster sets up the situation, and covers the aftermath:
Crisp told reporters he was upset because of an earlier play, a sixth-inning stolen ...
Swimming Lessons — Red Sox Reality Check
The Red Sox hosted the Rays on a misty Wednesday evening, and when the skies hadn't cleared, the Sox emerged in first place, a half game ahead of Tampa. The game had a set to between Coco Crisp and Rays' manager Joe Maddon, as Crisp took on Rays' second baseman Iwamura on a hard slide after Jason Bartlett had blocked Crisp from sliding head first into second. Josh Beckett raised his record to ...
Shields suspend self for “girly punches” following Rays-Red Sox brawl — Serious Sports News Network
TAMPA, FL — Apparently the punishment Major League Baseball doled out to Tampa Bay Rays ‘ starter James Shields following a bench-clearing brawl was not enough for the big right-hander.
Shields, who started the brawl by plunking Red Sox outfielder Coco Crisp in the thigh in the second inning, received a six-game suspension from MLB. Now, Shields has added four more games himself ...
June 6 - Caption Winner — EveryJoe » Baseball
Congratulations to SoxAddict for providing the winning caption for the Julio Lugo double play picture. SoxAddict wins an unopened pack of baseball cards!
The winning caption reads, “Silly Coco, why slide hard into second when you can just kick someone in the face like this?”
I had a lot of submissions this week. Don’t forget to come back next Friday for your chance to ...
Suspensions — The Joy of Sox
Games Suspended Red Sox Rays Coco Crisp, 7 James Shields, 6 Jon Lester, 5 Jonny Gomes, 5 Sean Casey, 3 Edwin Jackson, 5 Carl Crawford, 4 Akinori Iwamura, 3 Lester began serving his suspension on Friday. With the Red Sox off on Monday, Lester will simply get an extra day of rest and make his next start on Thursday night. Casey has until June 14 to decide whether ...
Crisp to file sexual harassment suit against Navarro — Serious Sports News Network
BOSTON, MA — Boston Red Sox outfielder Coco Crisp says punching wasn’t the only thing going on between him and Tampa Bay Rays catcher Dioner Navarro at the bottom of the pile in last night’s bench-clearing brawl.
“At first when he tackled me, I thought he was trying to fight,” Crisp told reporters. “Then, when he didn’t throw any punches and the ...
Fight Night Suspensions — Fantasy Baseball Through The Eyes of a Gaijin
Please adjust your lineups accordingly. Red Sox Coco Crisp - 7 games Jon Lester - 5 games Sean Casey - 3 games Rays James Shields - 6 games Jonny Gomes - 5 games Edwin Jackson - 5 games Carl Crawford - 4 games Akinori Iwamura - 3 games
Red Sox-Rays suspensions — Fantasy Sports
BY ADAM RONIS
Suspensions were handed down after last night's brawl between the Red Sox and Rays. Coco Crisp received seven games, Jon Lester got five, and Sean Casey three. For the Rays, James Shields got six, Jonny Gomes and Edwin Jackson got five, Carl Crawford received four and Akinori Iwamura got three.
Suspensions handed down, reason behind Youk/Manny spat — Fire Brand of the American League
The recap:
Coco Crisp — 7 games for dodging Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s haymaker. Richie Sexson didn’t get hit and threw his helmet at the pitcher and only got five. Why does Coco get seven?
Jon Lester — 5 games for unspecified reasons (hitting Carl Crawford with a curve? Uncorking a fastball at Willy Aybar?)
Sean Casey — 3 games for his role (although ...
Little Girls Take Offense to Crisp’s Comments — Empyreal Environs
Young girls across throughout Massachusetts were appalled by being compared to Tampa Bay Rays last night by Red Sox center fielder Coco Crisp. Crisp was involved in a dust-up with the Rays in which he was tackled by Dioner Navarro. Akinori Iwamura, Carl Crawford, and Jonny Gomes then proceeded to claw and flail away at the subdued Crisp, who was pinned under Navarro.
In his post-game ...
Red Sox and Rays Melee — Hot Foot
In the Red Sox rays game last night, OF Coco Crisp was hit intentionally by Rays SP James Shields . Tensions were looming since Wednesday when Crisp was angry about SS Jason Bartlett blocking 2B on a play. Two innings after Bartlett blocked the bag, Crisp stole 2nd and slid extremely hard into 2B Akinori Iwamura , taking out his legs. Following the game on Wednesday, Rays manager Joe Maddon ...
Around the Horn - 6/6 — My Pinstripes
"I was at a boxing match last night and a hockey game broke out". An oldie, but goodie. Last night a brawl broke out at the Rays-Red Sox baseball game. Sox centerfielder Coco Crisp became a marked man after his questionableslide into 2nd Baseman Aki Iwamura (yeah the same guy Shelley Duncan spiked) the night before (Crisp said it was in retaliation for Jason Bartlett blocking the bag earlier ...
Coco Gets a Code Red — The Slanch Report
Last night’s Red Sox/Tampa Bay game featured so many crazy things going on that the actual action of the game was overwhelmed and pushed to the side. After Wednesday’s unnecessary hard slide and then subsequent yelling match between Coco Crisp and Rays hipster manager Joe Maddon (my favorite part was when Coco pointed at his uniform and yelled, “We’re the Red Sox ...
Red Sox-Rays brawl — Construda
I'm not gonna' lie. I like baseball fights, especially when they're warranted. This brawl was going to happen after tensions nearly boiled in Wednesday's game between the teams. Here's a quick recap...
Wednesday: Coco Crisp doesn't like the way second base is being blocked by Rays infielder Akinori Iwamura. The next time Crisp gets on base, he slides high and nearly hits Iwamura in the nether
Coco Crisp’s Post-Brawl Interview: Rays as “Little Girls”? — EveryJoe » Sports Rumors
You’ve seen the infamous Coco-cop-a-feel slide . You’ve seen the Sox-Rays brawl .
And now we have the play-by-play of the fight according to Coco Crisp himself (1m, 43s). How many references to “little girls” can you count?
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Co Co Lands Some "Crisp" Punches — New England Sports Blog
Ian Browne and Mark Remme / MLB.com
Center fielder Coco Crisp started a heated exchange between Boston and
Tampa Bay on Wednesday by intentionally sliding hard into Rays second
baseman Akinori Iwamura.
On Thursday, Tampa Bay starter James Shields ended it with a pitch
that grazed Crisp in his first at-bat. That ignited a benches-clearing
fracas ...
Suspensions handed down after fracas — Major League Baseball News
Major League Baseball handed down disciplinary measures from Thursday's incident between the Rays and Red Sox. For Boston, Coco Crisp was suspended for seven games, Jon Lester for five and Sean Casey for three. James Shields leads the Rays with six ...
Major League Baseball handed down disciplinary measures from Thursday's incident between the Rays and Red Sox. For Boston, Coco Crisp was suspended for seven games, Jon Lester for five and Sean Casey for three. James Shields leads the Rays with six ...
Crisp defends hard slide into Iwamura — Major League Baseball News
One of the more bizarre occurrences in Wednesday's matchup between the Red Sox and Rays was a shouting match between Boston center fielder Coco Crisp and Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon.
One of the more bizarre occurrences in Wednesday's matchup between the Red Sox and Rays was a shouting match between Boston center fielder Coco Crisp and Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon.
