I write to you today as a Red Sox fan still heartbroken over the Mookie Betts trade, but I also write to you today as a human being who is still trying to gather his own thoughts for all these events that led to this point over the past five and a half years. Because as so much as changed for the Red Sox, so much has changed over the last five years for me as well.
Let’s rewind for a bit. It’s five and a half years ago. Mookie Betts has been called up by the Red Sox.