Honors for Crawford
All-Star LF Carl Crawford celebrated his 26th birthday on Sunday, and he got another present on Monday, the fancy watch that goes with being named American League co-player of the week.
"It's cool," Crawford said. "It's always good to get recognized."Crawford hit .591 in the six games from July 30-Sunday, with three homers, 6 RBIs and 8 runs, and split the honors with Yankees 2B Robinson Cano. Crawford also was honored in May 2006, making him the first Ray to win two awards. B.J. Upton was named co-player of the week July 16-22.
As for the lineup, Josh Paul makes a third straight start behind the plate, and Greg Norton gets a chance to DH. The lineup: Iwamura, 3b Crawford, lf Upton, cf Pena, 1b Young,rf Harris, 2b Norton, dh Zobrist, ss Paul, c
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Congrats CC! Couldn't happen to a better Ray, just make sure you stay and bring us a chance at a WS championship!
Posted by: Dana | August 06, 2007 at 06:08 PM