So I don't know what feels better, the fact that new Red Sox left-fielder Jason Bay hit a three run homer tonight, or the fact that Boston Globe reporter Gordon Edes is reporting that former Red Sox left-fielder Manny Ramírez lobbied to stay in Boston after informed of his trade.

Edes has my vote for a Pulitzer Prize, if I get a vote.

Anyway, here are a few more articles about Manny, if you're not sick to death of them already:

Sean McAdams reports that Red Sox veterans pretty much voted Manny off of the island.

Gerry Callahan of the lesser Boston Herald sums up the entire fiasco in his title "No Dodging it: Manny Ramirez just a bad, bad man".

He starts his article with a story about 32 cancer surviving kids being snubbed by Manny, and then it really goes downhill. Key phrases include "hard-hitting half-wit", "rotten human being", "spoiled child" and "Ramirez represents the worst of professional sports", Gosh, Mr Callahan, what do you really think?

Bill Plaschke of Manny's new hometown Los Angeles Times recounts the first "Manny Being Manny" event of his Los Angeles career ... Manny going AWOL.

Plaschke's best line? "A guy who occasionally swings like Babe Ruth and is consistently as nutty as a Baby Ruth."

Lastly, Mike Lupica of the New York Daily News has to rain on my parade with this assumption of where Manny will play next year. And sadly, I agree with him. What other team in baseball is rich and foolish enough to sign Manny in 2009?

The New York Yankees.

Ugh.