Crisp was man with a plan

Clutch hit makes up for missed catch

Coco Crisp went head-over-heels in a failed attempt to catch Alex Rodriguez's three-run homer in the fifth inning. (BARRY CHIN/GLOBE STAFF)

By Amalie Benjamin

Globe Staff / April 21, 2007

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He had looked so down, so crushed. All trace of his trademark smile -- the one that graced those Red Sox Nation ads -- had been wiped away. Coco Crisp rarely joked with the media, sometimes brushing them off, sometimes making slightly odd statements, almost always appearing closed off and inaccessible. (Full article: 817 words)