Was Sarah Palin framed by Red Sox Jacoby Ellsbury?

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Red Sox centerfielder Jacoby Ellsbury wears contacts on the field, but away from the ballpark he wears glasses -- though he admits he’s not sure why. Asked if he was nearsighted or farsighted, Ellsbury pulled the glasses off, looked at them said ‘I don’t know.’

‘I’m actually pretty good,’ he continued, talking about his vision. ‘I don’t really need [glasses].’

Maybe he wears them as a fashion statement; the baby-faced Ellsbury looks several years older when he puts his glasses on. Told that the thin brown frames look like the $375 Japanese-made frames that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wears, Ellsbury shot back ‘Hers look like mine. I had them first.’

-- Kevin Baxter