The Second Cup: Game over, good and bad

Let me get this straight: The Red Sox land Eric Gagne but miss on an equally huge trade, for Jermaine Dye. Curt Schilling starts in AAA, all on the undercard of the biggest trade in any sport over the past three years, sending Minnesota basketball superstar to … Boston. And then, of course there’s Patriots training camp. So, we’ve got Sox, Pats, Celts blockbuster days. I think that makes it your move Jeremy Jacobs! En guard!

Eric Gagne looks like a good get for the Sox.

BOSTON HERALD

Bedard, O’s deal Sox loss - Whoa, we’re blessed with a Michael Silverman gamer! With (surprise, surprise) a Celtics lead!

Ortiz a fan of C’s deal - We’re hoping that Tony Massaroti gets subsidized for this terrific Celtics ticket sales job. Evidently Big Papi and Terry Francona are big basketball fans. Or at least they know how to give diplomatic quotes.

‘Pen-happy Sox close deal on Gagne - Silverman writes on how the Sox landed Eric Gagne, not to mention why they did.

Donnelly to have surgery - Silverman’s notebook leads with the extended absence of reliever Brendan Donnelly, who will miss the rest of the year after Tommy John surgery.

Trade a relief to Papi - So, as Ken Powtak explains, maybe there’s another reason the Sox got Gagne, keeping him away from the Yanks and Mets: Big Papi doesn’t like trying to hit him.

PROVIDENCE JOURNAL

Beckett’s bender is one of the best - On a night in which he loses a game, Steven Krasner writes about the dominance of Beckett’s curveball.

Papi sees Gagne as hot stuff - Krasner and Carolyn Thornton combine on a Papi-Gagne piece that’s pretty similar to Silverman’s Herald number.

The Perfect Pitch - Sean McAdam nails a piece about how Gagne’s acquisition doesn’t just make Boston better, it also directly hurts the Yankees. Much like the Bobby Abreu fiasco turned the tide last year.

Gagne’s on the way, Schilling’s looking strong, things are moving up, eh?

Nothing left but the shouting - Thornton writes the game story, focusing on Big Papi’s big night and Beckett’s big yelp.

Schilling shines in Columbus, makes his way back to Boston - Tonight the Schilling special is by a fellow named Donn Walden. Here’s what we know about Donn Walden: He writes a mean lead. Well done Monseuir Walden, well done.

BOSTON GLOBE

A day to remember - Dan Shaughnessy writes the fairly straight forward piece that needs to be written, about how Boston was the epicenter of the sports world yesterday afternoon.

Schilling right on target - And then we learned that the Globe’s Columbus correspondent is Dave O’Neill, whose lead isn’t quite what ole’ Donn Walden’s was.

Donnelly needs surgery - Amalie Benjamin’s notebook leads, understandably, with the loss of Donnelly. It’ll be interesting to see how much speculation on why the Sox went so hard for Gagne centers on the loss and diminishment of Donnelly and Mike Timlin.

Red Sox land top reliever, set title course - Gordon Edes returns to the section just in time to nail the trade deadline story, as well as speculate about the team’s potential pursuit of Bobby Kielty to fill the Jermaine Dye-less outfield.

– Cameron Smith