It's hard to believe, but we're in the midst of Mookie Betts' 4th season with the Los Angeles Dodgers. It's fucking disgusting. Of course, over time, the pain of the betrayal from a baseball team I gave my soul to for two decades has subsided ever so slightly, but I'm always like eight minutes of deep thought away from spiraling into how fucked up it is that the Boston Red Sox traded away their best home-grown position player Yaz TO SAVE MONEY. It's not even like they got some studs in return.
OH, THE IRONY OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH!!!!!! 
Of course, this story got me back behind the keys. DOL diehards may remember that I've spent some time covering the Red Sox' decision to trade Mookie Betts for a broken stapler and ripped bag of expired Starbursts.
-Mookie Betts Says He Would've Taken the Contract He Signed with the Dodgers Had the Red Sox Offered It​
​-The CEO of a Dodgers Fan Group (I Guess That's a Thing) Put Up a Billboard Outside of Fenway for Thanking the Red Sox For Trading Mookie Betts -As if the Red Sox Weren't a Big Enough Joke Already, Lebron James Now Owns (Governs) Part of Them! -I Want to Believe But I Don't Know If I Can -Well, This (Potentially) Changes Everything -Not Only Do the Red Sox Suck at Paying Generational Talent, but They Suck at Twitter Too! -It Looks Like The Dodgers Are About To Sign Mookie to a Giant Deal -Some Telling Stats About The Future of The United States of America -How to Induce Vomiting (in New England) -Mookie Betts Buys Groceries and Pizza For People Shopping and Working in Tennessee ​-John Henry FINALLY Addresses The Mookie Betts Trade (and I Address My Future as a Red Sox Fan) -After Nearly A Week of Hold Ups The Curse of Mookie Is Official (R.I.P. My Red Sox Fandom) ​-So You're Telling Me There's a Chance? -I Officially No Longer Love The Boston Red Sox
From the jump, I believed that Mookie would've stayed had the Red Sox given him a fair offer, and I'm sorry, 300 million over 10 years was not a fair offer. Yes, that's a ton of money to regular folks like you or me, but the value of Mookie Betts to the Boston Red Sox far outweighs the potential contract costs. Whether you're a garbage collector, tv writer or won the MVP, batting title, gold glove, silver slugger, and World Series in the same season, everybody should know their worth and not settle for less.
Sure, the Red Sox are a few games over .500 today, but they have no pitching and a flawed roster. They've been a complete joke since trading Mookie. Yes, 2021 was a nice run, but they folded like a cheap suit after ALCS Game 3. The front office and ownership did all they could to make sure that a playoff run doesn't happen in Boston for a long time. Good thing Chris Sale is on the books next year. At least he wasn't already showing signs of breaking down when the Sox extended him!!!! There is no defending the small return the Sox got in return for a future Hall of Famer. For the life of me, I will never understand people that take Red Sox side regarding their terrible decision to trade Mookie Betts. I don't give a shit about the luxury tax, and neither should you. It's not your money! Who gives a flying fuck if a billionaire who got their money in shady ways has to spend a little more? That is what's fucking wrong in this country, people defending the ruling class that wants to destroy them and take everything. This blog isn't about bashing the boot lickers (okay, maybe a little); it's about gloating. I was fucking right. Mookie would've stayed had the Red Sox given up a fair offer. I don't wanna hear shit about "well, it's easy for him to say that now." In case you forgot, the Red Sox never negotiated after he turned down the $300 million deal. He wanted $425M and met the Dodgers in the middle at $365M. It's almost like maybe had they stepped up and offered a similar deal (instead of wasting money on bums), he would've stayed. Oh wait, a second... Last year, around ASG time, Mookie said he would've taken the deal he signed in LA if the Sox offered it, and recently on Brock Holt's podcast, he doubled-double on not wanting to leave.
I've been watching A LOT of Brooklyn Nine-Nine in my time away from the blog, and this clip of then Captain Raymond Holt perfectly encapsulates my feelings regarding what Mookie Betts said on that podcast.
I believe Mookie when he says that it worked out or he's happy in L.A. now, but it literally never had to come to that. He was ours, and John Henry sold him for scraps to avoid taxes. Fuck you, John Henry. I'm hyperbolic a lot on DOL, but I genuinely hate you and will be a happier person when you're dead. You use your money to control the media and break fans' hearts. You helped break the curse. You could've been beloved in Boston forever, but now you're like Curt Schilling. Boston hates you. The demise of the Red Sox is all your fault, you soulless scumbag. I feel for all the fans of the teams you own. You don't care about them; it's all a big game to you. Luckily, one day you will die and have to deal with God. I'm sure he disapproves of how you treated Markus Lynn after all he did for your baseball team. The Red Sox are 12th in attendance, averaging nearly 4,000 fewer fans per game than during Mookie's Boston prime. Burn in Hell. John Henry. Maybe you'll get to take some of that money with you and use it as a shield to stop the flames for a few extra seconds!
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