[ginahunt3]

Am I the only one who wants to keep Coco Crisp? I feel like it. Ellsbury is great & I want to keep him too, but he needs to fine tune his skills. The way I see it, Ellsbury can give Manny a day off as well as Coco. He doesn't have the finesse of Crisp, & we all know Coco covers Manny ALOT. Jacoby can learn a few things from Coco. Plus, we can use the speed of both. Does anyone else have an opinion?

[simple simon]

Originally Posted by ginahunt3

we all know Coco covers Manny ALOT

that's the biggest thing for me ......... he plays CF and half of LF ...... i like Coco

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by simple simon

that's the biggest thing for me ......... he plays CF and half of LF ...... i like Coco

Give Ellsbury another year of part time playing and then I think he will be ready for a more permanent position. Nothing wrong with having to many good players .... except when they know they are good, then they want to play and will go elsewhere to do it.

[simple simon]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

Give Ellsbury another year of part time playing and then I think he will be ready for a more permanent position.

that permanent job will be in LF when Manny is gone

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by simple simon

that permanent job will be in LF when Manny is gone

I love Manny's bat but he'll never get the Charlie Hustle award !!!

[ginahunt3]

Thank you! That's what I have been saying all along. I finally found someone who shares my point of view. Ellsbury can learn a thing or two from Coco. The wall is hard to play but Coco has it down to a science. And he covers the ground in left field that Manny is too slow or too lazy to get to. Crisp's last season with Cleveland he had a .300 avg. He can do it with Boston too.

[vincesanity82]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I love Manny's bat but he'll never get the Charlie Hustle award !!!

or the Team spirit award..

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by vincesanity82

or the Team spirit award..

He does know his way to the bank though.

[vincesanity82]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

He does know his way to the bank though.

money is the root of all evil..

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by vincesanity82

money is the root of all evil..

I'll never be evil then, even though I wish I was.

[legend]

I'm still waiting to see Ellsbury hit a ball hard. He just hits em where they ain't.

[ThePundit]

Originally Posted by ginahunt3

Am I the only one who wants to keep Coco Crisp? I feel like it. Ellsbury is great & I want to keep him too, but he needs to fine tune his skills. The way I see it, Ellsbury can give Manny a day off as well as Coco. He doesn't have the finesse of Crisp, & we all know Coco covers Manny ALOT. Jacoby can learn a few things from Coco. Plus, we can use the speed of both. Does anyone else have an opinion?

Coco can field but for the money he makes, he can't hit a lick. I think the Red Sox would give him away for a can of spam at this point.

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

Coco can field but for the money he makes, he can't hit a lick. I think the Red Sox would give him away for a can of spam at this point.

The same could be said for Manny's fielding abilities. You just have to go with what strengths you have.

[ginahunt3]

Lots of replies, but I will try to comment on all, if I miss something I'll get back to it. First, I think Manny will be back in 09. Now on to Coco, he is not making crazy amounts of $, he had a bad season at the plate, but sometimes you have to give up offense for defense. That is what I love about Boston, they cover each other & work as a team, unlike the Yankees who think the whole team revolves around one player. That is why the Yankees payroll is larger than the national deficit. We have all the pieces of the puzzle. As I recall Manny didn't have too great of a season, he was hot & cold. With Coco he pretty much plays CF & LF. I have seen Manny actually walk to get a ball that Coco would have easily caught. Ellsbury has the potential to be great but he needs to fine tune his skills. He could learn a hell of a lot from Crisp. He hasn't learned to play the wall yet. He needs to play part time in 08, with Coco as his mentor. In my eyes Coco is an unsung hero.