Isn't that the definition of a rumor?
wishful thinking
–noun
interpretation of facts, actions, words, etc., as one would like them to be rather than as they really are; imagining as actual what is not.
rumor
-noun
talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source. a statement or report current without known authority for its truth
You believing that the Nats will be moved to SNB on the 6th is based on nothing more than hope - because it's not feasible.
Strasburg pitching on the 4th or 5th, based on everything we've read, is a rumor based on facts.
It's semantics, but to me there's a huge difference.