August 1, 2008 Bay: 'I'm not going to be Manny' Play video

(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - "Fire away."

With those two words, Jason Bay met the Boston media for the first time in a Fenway Park news conference as a member of the Boston Red Sox. Bay says he arrived in Boston after a "sleepless" night, finding out only after the trade deadline passed at 4 p.m. that he had actually been shipped to Boston.

"I didn't know anything more than what everyone was writing," Bay told reporters about how he followed a day that had him reportedly shipped to Tampa at mid-afternoon, before the Boston trade was finalized.

That said, Bay, who will bat fifth in his Boston debut, couldn't be happier to be in Boston. "I probably couldn't have picked a better place," Bay said. "Everyone says the best fans in baseball are here and i cant wait to be a part of the home team."

But Bay said while he'll take Manny Ramirez's spot in the lineup, he won't replace him. "I'm not going to be Manny Ramirez," he said, "I'm going to try to do what I can do."