It’s never easy seeing your favorite player get traded. And don’t get it twisted — despite his declining performance, Coco Crisp was still the favorite player of many (most?) Oakland A’s fans, myself included. That will become apparent over the next 24 hours, as the front page of Athletics Nation becomes flooded with our farewells and tributes to the talent and personality and swagger and sheer majesty of our longtime leadoff man. It’s an emotional purge that has become routine for us.
But just because it’s difficult doesn’t mean the entire episode has to be sad. The fact is, this trade between the A’s and Indians is actually the perfect outcome for every party involved, and it’s hard to be upset at something so harmonious.