Sources: Red Sox's Crawford wants surgery

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http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/8281258/sources-boston-red-sox-carl-crawford-wants-elbow-surgery (http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/8281258/sources-boston-red-sox-carl-crawford-wants-elbow-surgery&service=bit.ly&source=espn)According to two people with close ties to Carl Crawford, the left fielder is reluctant to tell the Red Sox that he would like to shut down playing and have surgery to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow.

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