Manny Ramirez Is Traded After All To Dodgers

Manny Ramírez is traded to Dodgers and out of the AL, so if he leads someone to a pennant, it won't be to the detriment of the Sox. (Should be something if the Sox meet the Dodgers in the World Series, though.)

Jason Bay's no Manny, but there have been times the last two years when Manny's been no Manny, either. The big thing is that Ramírez's bat has been more or less replaced.

It's possible that we'll regret this some day, but I've gotten tired of waiting for Craig Hansen to develop into something other than a complete stiff. Best of luck, Craig.

Too bad about Brandon Moss, but he wasn't going to play here.

The Dodgers get Ramírez for free, which stinks, but it looks like John Henry has decided paying Manny's salary the rest of the year is a bargain if it gets him out of town.

And, yes, it's too bad it had to end this way. It seems like it was only a few weeks ago that everyone was raving about the new, outgoing, talkative Ramírez. That all came apart in a hurry, didn't it?

Reported by Media Nation blog http://medianation.blogspot.com/