Draft day, general manager Theo Epstein said, is the only day of the year his attention could not be drawn to what the Red Sox were doing on the field, even if Curt Schilling was working on a no-hitter 3,000 miles away, while Epstein and his lieutenants were gathered in a conference room in Fenway Park. (Full article: 1244 words)

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