Okay, so with the recent (re-)signing of Curt Schilling by the Red Sox, the idea started to bounce around about the Sox using a six-man rotation.  My initial reaction was that this is a horrendous idea.  However, as I've thought about it, I can see some merit to the six-man rotation, especially with a rotation like the one the Sox will sport next year.

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Let me get this straight:  It's Opening Night.  The FIRST GAME of the season, and we can't even get through the top of the third inning before they start carrying on about steroids?!

I'm sorry, while I understand that it's a big issue right now in sports, can't ESPN just let me enjoy the start of a new season w/o going on and on about steroids and Barry Bonds?!

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Well, the D.C. Council has continued to show that Washington is easily the most dysfunctional city in the U.S. by rejecting the Nats stadium lease plan (version 2.0 or whatever the heck it was...)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/07/AR2006020701727.html

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Rotoworld is reporting that Mota failed his physical for the Indians, and that the Crisp-Marte deal is in serious jeopardy of dying.

http://fantasybaseball.rotoworld.com/content/home_mlb.asp?sport=MLB

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That's right, Theo Epstein is coming back to the Red Sox.  Officially.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/01/19/theo_epstein_to_rejoin_red_sox/

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I thought I'd post this separately, since I like jc3's premise and didn't want to muddy up his thread.  But I thought it would be interesting to turn the questions around and see what the A's and Sox fans think about their respective teams.  For those who don't recall, here are the original questions put forth by jc3:

1.  Are the Red Sox OK with their team the way it is today, especially at SS and CF? Are they a favorite to make the playoffs?
2.  Are the Red Sox currently at a disadvantage in trade talks?
3.  Two-part Joe Blanton question:

4.  Is Barry Zito a "shutdown" pitcher?
5.  Is Oakland currently a better team than Anaheim (or whatever they are called!)?

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Despite my derision of all these trade rumors involving Boston, there is another one that has been floated around.

http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=119817

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The Yankees may have taken Damon from the Sox, but the Sox struck back by stealing Flaherty from New York!

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2269236

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Take this with a grain of salt, as it's coming from the Boston Herald...

http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=116270

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According to ESPN (and Peter Gammons) it looks like the Rangers and Dodgers are close on a trade of Alfonso Soriano for Jonathan Broxton.

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