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Hair today

By Eric Wilbur

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Coco Crisp has arrived in Fort Myers, growing his hair out over the winter, which sparked some remarks from Jason Varitek and manager Terry Francona.

“If you decide to cut it, put it in a bag and give it to me,” quipped the hair-challenged manager.

Crisp, who kept finding himself playing with his new locks in the clubhouse, said the hair is probably here to stay on the account of his wife. “She thinks it’s sexy,” he said.

As for being dropped from the leadoff spot in the batting order this season with the addition of Julio Lugo, Crisp said he’s excited about the prospects of his new slot. He also recounted that he hit well batting second behind Grady Sizemore in his time in Cleveland.

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Crisp and his wife also had a son during the offseason, Caden Covelli Crisp (CCC, Crisp said), who was born on Nov. 21.

  • Kevin Youkilis – who strolled into the clubhouse this morning with his Puma sweatshirt hood draped over his bald head – reports that the hot sauce he created with his brother is selling well. He warns though, that his brother made it really hot, so use caution.

    Youkilis has some of the concoction with him, and pondered a hot sauce competition.

    “If we had a hot sauce competition, I would win,” he said.

  • Dusty Brown, Kevin Cash, Alberto Castillo, and George Kottaras are all tied atop the leaderboard of the catchers drop contest with zero. Jason Varitek is in second with two, and Doug Mirabelli has three. They’ll try to get back in the game today.

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