aka girding ourselves for a potential Mookie exit
At the time, it was Clemens. I was a little too young for Lynn/Burleson/Fisk, and while Evans's last year in Baltimore was sad, it didn't alter my view of reality. I never thought Clemens would leave, and was so despondent when he did that I went through the five stages of grief.
When Mo Vaughn left a couple of years later, I was so toughened up by the Clemens experience, it hardly affected me at all, even though I wished he had stayed.
Nomar's situation seemed untenable, and I wanted no part of a Pedro extension even though I loved him (and still do), so I was OK as I could be about those departures.
Lester being traded and then spurning the Sox the following offseason might be my second biggest hurt, because there was no reason for any of that to happen in the first place. He would have been an easy candidate for an extension if the Sox (Lucchino in particular) hadn't bungled it so badly.
At the time, it was Clemens. I was a little too young for Lynn/Burleson/Fisk, and while Evans's last year in Baltimore was sad, it didn't alter my view of reality. I never thought Clemens would leave, and was so despondent when he did that I went through the five stages of grief.
When Mo Vaughn left a couple of years later, I was so toughened up by the Clemens experience, it hardly affected me at all, even though I wished he had stayed.
Nomar's situation seemed untenable, and I wanted no part of a Pedro extension even though I loved him (and still do), so I was OK as I could be about those departures.
Lester being traded and then spurning the Sox the following offseason might be my second biggest hurt, because there was no reason for any of that to happen in the first place. He would have been an easy candidate for an extension if the Sox (Lucchino in particular) hadn't bungled it so badly.
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