Garbanza

Love the player when they wear the hometown uniform, rip them apart when they leave.....it's the Boston way!

Nomar sucks
Pedro has lost it
Damon throws like a girl, is breaking down, and is a money grubbing punk
Clemens was a traitor
Milloy is an angry, bitter man with dimishing skills
Bledsoe is a statue who will find a way to lose a game for you
Adam is an over-rated scumbag
etc....

To my recollection, there are only two players I can think of that have escaped the "woman scorned" sydrome Boston fans put on full display whenever they feel - well - scorned:

Ray Borque
Willie McGinest (although he is labled "too old.")

DocAdkinsDiet

Hey we spit the truth.

mikegibbons

Orlando Cabrera
-Big time fan fave, Theo still regretting ER, big time standing O when he came back
Mark Bellhorn
-People were happy he was gone, bad example I know but got a big ovation when he came back as a Yankee, rightfully so
Drew Bledsoe
-Can't say enough about him, I think everyone was happy for him when he had a big first year in BUF

T-ShirtDynasty

I'm not from Boston or anywhere near, and I don't know who Nomar and Pedro are, I assume they're baseball types. All I can say is I've always rooted for the uniform, everybody else is the bad guys. Do I HATE the guys that leave? Not all of them, but I do look for excuses to do so. And that usually depends greatly on how they leave, and what they say afterwards.

Garbanza

I don't count players like Cabrera and Belhorn. They weren't part of the Red Sox organization for a long enough period of time - enough time for the fans to "fall madly deeply in love." So much so, they act like Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction" when they leave.

Tunescribe

I really can't address any of the Desperate Housewives on your list because they're all the same to me (i.e., childishly drama-prone girly men). But as far as the Pats players, there's a grain of truth in each case. I wouldn't go so far as to call AV a "scumbag," but his importance was a tad overrated going forward. We just had a strong emotional attachment to him because of his integral role in our Super Bowl seasons.

PatsChick87

Its part of being THE sports town. We invest emotionally in some players and so then feel "scorned" when they put on another teams uniform. I agree with T a lot has to do with how they leave and what they say afterwards.

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DocAdkinsDiet

I think every fan base does this. It's human nature.

Jacky Roberts

No, NY is just as bad. Remember when NYY fans booed Wells on opening day? I think Boston fans are ok with guys leaving if they do it with class like Bourque did. When they shoot their mouths off like Vinatraitor, Clemens, or Milloy did, they they are a-holes forever. I'll be booing Adam, I can promise you that.

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gomezcat

No, the rest of the planet does exactly the same thing. It's part of the investment of being a sports fan and then feeling betrayed. I could list examples but they're pretty irrelevant unless you follow soccer.

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