What can I say - the day after John Lackey comes two outs away from throwing a no hitter is the day I write my  first entry.  I can honestly say I have mixed feelings about last night.  Although the Red Sox have thrown four no-hitters in my lifetime, I have yet to watch one of them.  Now I'm finally watching a Red Sox game, beginning to end, and there's a no hitter going. Except there's a problem.

The Red Sox are being no hit. 

After I missed John Lester's no hitter, I was furious.  I couldn't believe that there had been ANOTHER no hitter thrown by a Red Sox pitcher and I missed it.  But then I thought of one of my favorite lines from the movie "Field of Dreams."  Shoeless Joe is talking to main character Ray Kinsella.  Ray is outraged that they have invited author Terrance Man to the cornstalks to see "where all the maic lies."  Ray starts flilpping out.  "I was the one who made this baseball field, I should be the one to go!"  And then Shoeless Joe says that line:

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I'm sure you saw what it says on the side of my profile about "walk off home runs" and "bullpen blow outs."  I really was hoping that I wouldn't have to write about one of those blow outs anytime soon. So much for that...

A buddy of mine was at the game last night.  I remember being pretty jealous before the game started, because I haven't been to a game in a couple of months.  But I can honestly say that not only am I glad that I wasn't at Fenway Park last night, I'm glad I wasn't in the city of Boston.  This was one of the worst games I've ever watched, and we have the never ending 6th inning to thank for that.  It was one run after another run.  An error followed by another.  The Fenway Faithful even began to boo after a bloop fly ball landed in between Coco Crisp, Dustin Pedroia, and Jed Lowrie.  I don't really know if anything could have been done on that play, but I was pretty upset along with the fans who were actually watching this terrible inning.  

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4:25 PM - Nick Cafardo reports that "The Red Sox may have landed Bay," referring to Jason Bay from the Pittsburg Pirates. 

4:27 PM:  "The Red Sox traded Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers late Thursday afternoon, SI.com has learned." - John Heyman, SI.com 

It still hasn't been confirmed that the Red Sox have Jason Bay, but that's the speculation right now. If this is the case, I'm a little worried.  What does this mean to the Red Sox lineup?   

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"Jason Bay is headed to Boston as part of the deal, SI.com has learned." - Jon Heyman, SI.com. 

Again, I'm worried.  If anything, I feel like this is a downgrade from our previous lineup.  In 2008, Bay has hit .282 with 22 HR and 64 RBI, all very similar to Ramirez's numbers.  What worries me is that when Big Papi comes up in a clutch situation, if there's an open base then the opposing team is sure to put him on.  They would never do this with Ramirez batting behind Ortiz.  One thing's for sure: Boston is a new team, which will hopefully put him back to his winning ways.   

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This is all from the NESN Trade Deadline show.  Great job by Tom Caaron, Lou Merloni, and Nick Cafardo.

Red Sox get Jason Bay (LF) from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Dodgers get Manny Ramirez (OF) from the Boston Red Sox.

Pirates get a boatload of players.  They get Craig Hansen (P) and Brandon Moss (LF) from the Boston Red Sox.  From the LA Dodgers, they get Andy LaRoche (3B) and Bryan Morris (P).  

I've said it already, but I still am not happy about this.  I think giving up Craig Hansen is okay, but Brandon Moss too?  If we look at our end, we lost three players, and got one.  Granted, Hansen and Moss are not even close to adding up to how much Manny is worth.  However, Moss is a solid player.  I want him as a back up now that Manny isn't here.  Granted, we still have Coco and Ellsbury, but really now, let's be serious.  If you add up both their RBI total, you can just barely surpass Manny's RBI total.  The future of the Boston Red Sox is a very interesting one.  

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