I have spent considerable efforts to keep our two girls interested in the Red Sox in spite of the fact that they aren't into sports and more than half of their friends are Yankee fans. Peer pressure is brutal :) It helped that Katie's second grade teacher is a Red Sox fan too. For a couple of years, Emily has been taken by Big Papi. When we visited Fenway, she got a pink Papi jersey and wanted a poster. Katie, on the other hand, has been taken by the name Coco Crisp. She doesn't know much about the player, but loves the name. Well, I have had to spend the offseason bracing her for the fact that Coco Crisp may not be on the Red Sox next season.
Although I don't want to lose Ellsbury in a trade for Santana, there was a silver lining to it. Coco Crisp would likely be roaming centerfield in Fenway next year.
As it turns out, Ellsbury may not be involved after all. Millions of young girls in Boston will be thrilled, but one in New York will be sadly disappointed.
