A Reminder To Whom We're Loyal

It was Jerry Seinfeld who said that being a sports fan is all about cheering laundry, that we pay more attention to the uniform than the people inside them. And I know most people understand this and hardly need any reminder.

But the folks over at ESPN apparently do. With rumors that malcontent superstars Barry Bonds and Kobe Bryant could be on the trading block, I'm starting to hear a lot of "Why would Bonds want to leave, the only people who like him are in the Bay Area" and "Why would Kobe want to leave, he's only liked in LA."

It's not a coincidence that the one city Bonds, Sosa, and Kobe are appreciated in happens to be the place where they play. If Roger Clemens was a Red Sox, Boston would be overjoyed to have him. I don't expect Brian Sabian to kill the cashcow that is Barry Bonds and trade him, but if he was traded, he would be immediately embraced wherever he played. Sammy Sosa's an indication of that. Technorati Profile