Article: Red Sox, Indians Have Lots of Crossover

BOSTON - Julio Lugo has one of Manny Ramirez's baseball cards hanging by his locker, only there's something out of place: The slugger is wearing a Cleveland Indians uniform.

It's Ramirez, all right, the same guy now batting cleanup for Boston. He played his first 6 1/2 years for the Indians before signing with the Red Sox in 2000.

He's not the only one who put on a Cleveland cap before switching to a hat with the traditional B. Fact is, there's a lot of crossover between the teams going into their AL championship series matchup starting Friday night at Fenway Park.

Boston center fielder Coco Crisp made his major league debut for the Indians and played his first 2 1/2 seasons with them. ...

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