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Referring back to my desire to have a singular focus when I answer questions, I can't help think of this.

As for the news about Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz using steroids, I'll give you a little excerpt from a column by boston.com's Dan Shaughnessy

What can Sox fans say in the wake of this news? It reminds me of a scene in “The Sting’’ when con man Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) gets himself into a high-stakes poker game with a raft of rich guys, including big-time gangster Doyle Lonnegan. Demonstrating masterful sleight of hand, Gondorff makes off with the pot. After the carnage, a frustrated Lonnegan tells his associate, “What was I supposed to do? Call him for cheating better than me in front of the others?’’

That’s pretty much the best argument for Sox fans now.

Our cheaters were better than your cheaters.

Had my physical exam today. I don't usually worry for these. I'm pretty healthy for the most part and I feel good at the moment. This past year, however, has been so extraordinarily difficult and exhausting that I was concerned that it may have taken some sort of physical toll beyond my just feeling lousy for the past 14 months. But all my tests were, to quote my doctor, unremarkable. That word has never sounded better to me.