LOOKING BACK AT SOME THE RED SOX SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS ... ON THIS DATE (December 8, 1987) ... General Manager Lou Gorman traded Calvin Schiraldi and Al Nipper to the Chicago Cubs for their All-Star closer, Lee Smith. At the time, Smith was already the Cubs’ all time saves leader with 180, fresh off an All Star season in which he notched 36 saves. The deal was so lopsided in perception that Lou Gorman joked, “I hear that some people back home thought it was so good that it must be a joke”. Lee Smi