Article: He's a man on the go ; Ellsbury's a dream for Red Sox: taking a job and running with it

Kevin Thomas by Kevin Thomas staff writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
10-08-2009
He's a man on the go ; Ellsbury's a dream for Red Sox: taking a job and running with it
Byline: Kevin Thomas by Kevin Thomas staff writer
Edition: Final
Section: Sports
Column: On Baseball
Type: News
Memo: with sidebar Red Sox

In the summer of 2004, while the Boston Red Sox were grinding their way to an eventual championship, a 20-year-old outfielder was making his mark in the Cape Cod League.

Jacoby Ellsbury had scouts penciling "sure thing" into their notebooks.
"There were a lot of people that made the Johnny Damon comparison," said Jensen Lewis, a teammate of Ellsbury's on the Falmouth roster and now a ...

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