If this is the trade that broke your belief in the Rays, I’m sorry. That hurts. I know.
Losing faith is not like losing your favorite player. When Akinori Iwamura, Carlos Pena, and Dan Wheeler got injured/old, and then retired, all I lost was the pleasure of watching them play baseball. Their departure left the memories intact.
When Carl Crawford signed with the Red Sox, sure I was annoyed, but a baseball player who’s a free agent can go where he wants, and CC had $142 million reasons to pick Boston.