Before I begin, I should first state my bias - I think the Hudson and Mulder trades were the dumbest trades in the history of baseball, which is ironic when you consider the man who traded them is probably, honestly one of the best tradesmen in the history of baseball.  Having said that, I wanted to offer this though/comparison into the minds and hearts of you, my fellow A's fans....which starting unit would you have preferred?

Current Team A    or what would have been...               
C    Jason Kendall                    C    John Baker/Adam Melhuse
1B    Scott Hatteberg                1B    Dan Johnson
2B    Mark Ellis                    2B    Mark Ellis
SS    Bobby Crosby                    SS    Bobby Crosby
3B    Eric Chavez                    3B    Eric Chavez
LF    Eric Byrnes                    LF    Eric Byrnes
CF    Mark Kotsay                    CF    Mark Kotsay
RF    Nick Swisher                    RF    Nick Swisher
DH    Erubiel Durazo                DH    Scott Hatteberg

P    Barry Zito                    P    Tim Hudson
P    Rich Harden                    P    Mark Mulder
P    Dan Haren                    P    Barry Zito
P    Joe Blanton                    P    Rich Harden
P    Kirk Saarloos                    P    Joe Blanton