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Article: Crisp keeps his cool on bench.(SPORTS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- March 13, 2008
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Byline: Howard Ulman
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Coco Crisp is spending spring training in the same place he languished in the World Series - on the bench.
It's not that he's playing poorly. He's just not healthy enough to play at all and compete with rookie Jacoby Ellsbury for the center field spot he held the past two seasons with the Red Sox.
By default, the job may go to Ellsbury, who dazzled spectators with his team-leading hitting, outstanding fielding, and exceptional speed in the Series.
Crisp, just 28 years old, wants to play every day. It may be with another team, though Boston manager Terry Francona has called him the "incumbent."
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