Sox fans in general turn on players as soon as they express any unhappiness playing for that team. It’s a very strange thing. Almost as if every ballplayer should consider himself blessed and eternally grateful for their time in boston. But it’s a 2-way street. When an employee feels disrespected by his employer and is made to feel overpaid and underappreciated, of course the natural thing to do would be to praise a team who gave him what he thought was fair value for his services.

So Johnny D felt better about himself for making more money when his previous team told him he wasn’t worth that much. Who cares? What difference does it make? How does that reflect negatively on the sox at all?

And why do we think that ballplayers don’t have the right – like those in every other profession – to chase every last dollar for their work? It’s hypocritical and unfair to view it like that…particularly when their employers are multi-BILLIONaires who realize ridiculous profits generated directly from the performance of these athletes.

Stop drinking your team’s kool-aid about the players it parts with (Manny, Damon, Clemens, etc). The sox organization deserves at least some blame for cutting players who helped the organization win during their tenure (Clemens doesn’t apply obviously, but he did get them to a World Series)