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Article: CENTER of attention ; Ellsbury emerges as the the main man in the Red Sox outfield
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- February 6, 2009
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(Third in a weekly series on the state of the Red Sox leading up
to spring training. Today: Outfield)
Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein came up with a great idea
when he signed center fielder Coco Crisp in 2006, and then Jacoby
Ellsbury had to go and screw it all up.
Crisp had all the makings of a terrific outfielder who could plug
a gap for years to come, but then he got hurt in his first season
and never recovered sufficiently in his second season. Ellsbury,
called up to play 33 games in 2007, stepped in and, for every
sensational defensive play Crisp made that year, Ellsbury came up
with another.
The real eye-opener, though, was Ellsbury's postseason
performance. Crisp was fast, but ...