You can only have your heart broken for the first time once per lifetime. Maybe your first girlfriend breaks up with you, or your favorite band breaks up, or your family pet takes a final trip to the vet.
Or you discover professional sports is as cold a business as any other.
“It’s that time again, isn’t it?” Howie Rose, longtime Mets broadcaster, eternal Mets fan, said the other day. His face told you: Yes. Yes, it is that time again. Forty years ago Thursday, the Mets traded Tom Seaver to the Reds for four prospects who became four undistinguished players.