Boston Globe: Cafardo: Jacoby Ellsbury makes powerful impression

Or as old-timer Chicky the Clicker (picking his soppy wethead off the bar for the first time in 30-years) said last night when watching Jacoby Ellsbury..."Freddie Lynn is still playing?”

Every day you see this kid, you ask yourself, “Who is he? Haven’t I seen him before?” His speed, his demeanor . . . is he Johnny Damon? Maybe, but he has a better arm and he might have more speed.

When he hits home runs and plays a good center field and runs, is he Grady Sizemore? What an excellent finished product that would be.

The emerging power and offensive ability . . . Bernie Williams? Maybe, but this kid can steal far more bases.

“A little Damonesque,” said Red Sox manager Terry Francona. “He has the ability with two strikes to throw that emergency hack on you and stay alive. He has shown the ability to hit the ball out of the park. He can change the game with his legs.”

Yes, he is all that.

For now, we may just have to be satisfied with the fact that he’s Jacoby Ellsbury, and on nights like this, when he strokes two homers, ignites the winning rally with a bunt, and scores from first in the eighth on a double, maybe Ellsbury is better than the aforementioned center fielders. Maybe this kid is going to carve his own little place in the game and in Red Sox lore.