No doubt, Ellsbury’s in CF

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Forget Obama or Hillary, Jacoby or Coco?
Published 2/20/2008 by digital-derek at SawxBlog
... Good problems for the kid to have tright now though. If I had 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 ...

Absolutely No Doubt
Published 2/20/2008 by Texas Gal at Center Field
There is no question that the starting CF spot is Jacoby Ellsbury 's for the taking. I swear- I read it in the Herald: No doubt, Ellsbury's in CF- Competition with Crisp nothing but a formality . 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 best ...

Making News Off the Field
Published 2/21/2008 by Brian at Spring Training '08
Not the Sox. That was apparent today, when positional players arrived and started the following dominoes on their falling path: 1) Coco Crisp would rather be traded than sit on the bench 2) Manny not only wouldn't be late, he wouldn't be the last man in on assignment day 3) Big Papi is happy to hold court with the press (shock!) 4) Terry Francona likes to powder his press conferences with one-liners (double-shock!) 5) Mike Timlin and Justin Masterson don't engender as much attention as Ortiz or Francona (triple-shock!), and 6) Curt Schilling doesn't actually issue broad proclamations each morning ...