Sánchez Injured, and Mets Trade Nady to Fill Void  —  After learning that the setup pitcher Duaner Sánchez had separated his right shoulder in a taxi accident and would probably be lost for the season, the Mets acquired reliever Roberto Hernández and the left-hander Oliver Pérez …

Bucs miss target  —  TRIBUNE-REVIEW  —  Shortly after the Pirates traded their Opening Day starter, their third-leading hitter, their most experienced starting pitcher and their top bench player — not that any was having a particularly robust season — general manager Dave Littlefield somehow thought …

Omar forced to make deals  —  After days of discussions and countless phone calls, Mets general manager Omar Minaya wound up making the deal he had to make rather than the one he wanted to make with time running out before yesterday's non-waiver trade deadline.

Walk and roll  —  Ortiz trots out oldie but goodie: game-ending HR  —  John W. Henry thought he'd said everything he wanted to say about David Ortiz once before, under similarly inspiring circumstances.  But on second thought . . .  ``So," Henry said on a Fenway Park elevator that could not muffle the chants of ``MVP!

David Ortiz in Walkoff Situations  —  David Ortiz gets another game-winning hit at Fenway Park and we hear it everywhere — he did it again, it's more surprising when he doesn't win the game, is he human? — but is it true?  Does Ortiz excel over and above his usual performance in walk-off situations?

Deadline passes, as do Sox  —  There was tremendous excitement around Yawkey Way for at least 24 hours, because it appeared that after days of poring through scouting reports and statistical, financial, and medical data, after a couple of deals fell through, after the Yankees had made their big splash …