Fine, Fine. You hate Roger Clemens. We get it. But an old whore? That’s just a complete lack of class. But I’ve never met a Sox fans who doesn’t think that the Red Sox do everything wrong, and it’s always somebody else’s fault.
You blame Roger for leaving, like you’ll blame Babe Ruth, Wade Boggs, and Johnny Damon for selling out to the “evil empire. It’s the same thing I see from all die hard Red Sox fans. It’s always the player’s fault for selling out, it’s never the Red Sox fault for bad decisions or for treating a player like crap during his final year or two. So go ahead and continue to blame everyone else but yourselves. Yes, the Yankees make bad personnel decisions too, lie letting Sheffield get away. But atleast we don’t feel that every player who leaves the Yankees and goes to another team is a traitor a sell out. Sox fans just have this “poor us, everyone is against us attitude.” It’s pathetic.
What I didn’t mention was Roger’s set of rules that he dictates to his employer for who his team is 7-10 in the games that he starts. Now he’s going to create drama around his injuries so he can come back even bigger and better. Roger leaving meant Pedro Martinez came to the Sox and he put together a 7 year run that was outstanding. When PM came back to Fenway in 2006 he received much love. When Derek Lowe came back to Fenway for the WS ring ceremony he was cheered. Your generalization doesn’t hold.
At least Damon was honest about his intentions (even though at one time he said he wouldn’t play for NY) and frankly his leaving worked out better for the Sox. The Yankees now have a $13 million platoon player for the next two years and would dump him if they could find a taker. The Sox have a Gold Glove caliber center fielder for a lot less coin. The Sox were actually being overly generous with Damon in offering him $10 million for 4 years.
Most people who go to play for the Yankees, their next stop is Shady Green Retirement Home.