Covelli Loyce "Coco" Crisp (born November 1 1979, in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Boston Red Sox. He has a career batting average of .280 as of the end of the 2007 MLB season. Crisp, a switch-hitter, is noted for his outstanding defensive skills in the outfield and speed on the basepaths -- as well as his humorous nickname -- and for being one of the few baseball players who bats without the use of batting gloves.