I'm not interested in any of the rational arguments for or against trading Mookie. It's been done, done again, re-done and I just don't want to read any more of it.
I am less of a Sox fan today than I was when Mookie was on the team. I still watch them - am right now, in fact - but man I loved watching Mookie. And I miss watching him. And there is not anyone on this team that I love to watch in the same way I loved to watch him. The emotional part of me - and baseball and emotion are wound together completely for me - is disappointed that he is not on this team, my team. It's that simple. I still love the Sox. But just a little less than when Mookie was here, and they get the blame because it was a trade.
I am less of a Sox fan today than I was when Mookie was on the team. I still watch them - am right now, in fact - but man I loved watching Mookie. And I miss watching him. And there is not anyone on this team that I love to watch in the same way I loved to watch him. The emotional part of me - and baseball and emotion are wound together completely for me - is disappointed that he is not on this team, my team. It's that simple. I still love the Sox. But just a little less than when Mookie was here, and they get the blame because it was a trade.