In an ideal world, Theo Epstein would be aboard a plane today, bound for the general managers meetings in Palm Springs, Calif. Instead, a four-person committee of baseball operations executives will represent the Red Sox at this week's meetings, which begin tomorrow and represent the unofficial beginning of baseball's hot stove season. (Full article: 717 words)

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