The Boston Red Sox' loss of Johnny Damon to the New York Yankees could be the Cubs' gain. The Red Sox are among the teams talking to Cubs general manager Jim Hendry about a possible trade for center fielder Corey Patterson. Patterson has been on the trade block since the end of last season. While Hendry remains a strong supporter of Patterson's, he knows the time has come to give him a chance to turn around his career in another uniform. Sending him to the American League would be the best of all worlds. Then Patterson couldn't come back to haunt the Cubs in the National League. The Boston Globe included Patterson among possible trade targets for the Red Sox to replace Damon, as well as Tampa Bay's Joey Gathright, Philadelphia's Jason Michaels, San Diego's Dave Roberts, Seattle's Jeremy Reed, Minnesota's Torii Hunter and Texas' Brad Wilkerson.