Stone Soup...

The Globe had the following piece in their Baseball Notes column today:

The Dodgers have had a good start, but if they could, they'd probably trade for a third baseman. Dodger scouts were watching the Red Sox and Blue Jays last week. There doesn't appear to be any chance the Sox would move Mike Lowell after the hot start he's had, but the Blue Jays, given their demise, might consider parting with Troy Glaus. If the Jays fade fast, there could be a fire sale in Toronto. Glaus, who hurt his heel in Friday's game and didn't play yesterday, would appear to be a candidate for trade.

This sparked all sorts of discussion amongst the fans, but if you read the piece carefully, you'll notice that the person who wrote it never actually talked to anyone. He just noticed Dodger scouts at a Sox-Jays game, and like all the Boston media who think the Sox are the very center of the baseball universe, he figured that the scouts must be there to watch the old town team. Now the only reason for doing that would be for a possible trade, and since he had two inches to fill, he made up a ridiculous rumor. I doubt it ever occurred to him that the scouts might not be there to watch the Sox at all, but rather were there to scout the Blue Jays, since the Dodgers have to play them next month. But that would mean the Sox weren't that important to the scouts, and that's just not possible.