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Stop the presses ...

Email|Link|Comments (1) Posted by David Lefort, Boston.com Staff July 31, 2008 03:51 PM

... looks like that Jason Bay-to-Tampa Bay deal isn't a done deal after all. MLB.com is backing off a bit from an earlier report. Here's the latest from Jenifer Langosch

"Updating an earlier blog entry, there are conflicting reports about whether or not Bay will in fact be headed to Tampa Bay.

"A short while ago, a source in Pittsburgh corroborated an earlier MLB.com report that Pirates outfielder Jason Bay is likely to be traded to the Rays before 4 p.m. ET this afternoon. As reported earlier, the Pirates are believed to be satisifed with taking shortstop Reid Brignac and pitcher Jeff Niemann in exchange for Bay.

"However, it could be a little more complicated that that. According to another industry source in Pittsburgh, the Rays still are not believed to be offering both Brignac and Niemann. One, it is not known which, is deemed unavailable, along with Wade Davis, David Price and Jeremy Hellickson. A third baseball source also confirmed that no deal sending Bay to Tampa Bay is done as of 15 minutes prior to the deadline.

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Why is it that the Sox never have the guts to make a move involving Manny. They needed to get this done, and they didn't. It's been a nice run, but I'm tired of watching the futility that this team seems to engender no matter how good they get. Now I'm in the market for a new team to follow that has the guts to get what needs to be done DONE. Yankees? Angels? Twins? Tampa Bay? Anything but this soap opera charading as an athletic franchise!

Posted by Harper July 31, 08 04:10 PM