ARLINGTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 20: Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates the teams 8-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game One of the 2020 MLB World Series at Globe Life Field on October 20, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The world will never let the Red Sox forget they traded Mookie Betts.
Watching Mookie Betts shine on the World Series stage is a painful reminder of what the Boston Red Sox gave up. As much as we’d prefer to bury the past and move on, the rest of the baseball world appears hellbent on ensuring we never forget that our team traded away a generational talent.