Sox Give Fans
The Byrd

(AP)

A Byrd in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush League

While Buchholz Struggles and Bartolo Is Slow to Recover,
Byrd Flies to Boston as Sox Will Wing It in the Rotation
Is Byrd Still Getting HGH from the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center
via Prescriptions Signed by a Florida Dentist?
And Can Pop-less Papi Have Some?
SF Chronicle: Byrd Spent Thousands on HGH
ESPN: Paul Byrd's Struggle to Walk with God
Free Byrd Ready to Read

The Red Sox today acquired righthander Paul Byrd from Cleveland in exchange for a player to be named later or cash.

Manny Being Tardy

...And Torre's Not Exactly Happy with LA Ram's Hair

Newsday today: "We'll see," Manny said in the Dodgers' clubhouse before Monday night's game against the Phillies when asked if he was going to cut his hair. "We're talking about it."

"I'm not negotiating anything," Torre said, not laughing, when the conversation was recounted to him a few minutes later in the Dodgers' dugout. "He'll do it. He told me he'll do it. When he first got here, I asked him, 'How important is the hair to you?' And he asked me, 'Do you want me to cut it?' So I said, 'I want you to clean it up a little."'

And therein lies the rub." -- 8.12.08, Wallace Matthews, Newsday