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Article: Crisp comfortable but not yet content.
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- Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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Byline: Sheldon Ocker
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. _ Like the hero in a bad martial arts movie, Coco Crisp vanquished his rivals one at a time until nothing was left in the room but spent bodies and broken furniture.
OK, so Crisp's 2004 conquests weren't quite that dramatic.
``I don't know if I ran them off,'' Crisp said. ``I think maybe they ran themselves off.''
``Ran them off? That's a good way to put it,'' Indians manager Eric Wedge said.
When last season began, Crisp was squirming impatiently on the bench watching Alex Escobar play the outfield. It could have worse.
Crisp came to camp battling Escobar for a roster spot. ...