The Boston Red Sox took a terrific risk on non-waiver trade deadline day, dealing future Hall of Fame left fielder Manny Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of a three-way trade with the Pirates that brought two-time All-Star Jason Bay to Boston. Few organizations, particularly one with as rabid and frequently disappointed a fan base as Boston’s, would risk the inevitable backlash that would come with finishing just short of a playoff berth having dumped a 500-home-run man with a lot of life left in his bat.