If your favorite player on your favorite team got traded to another team...?

Question

...Would you still be a fan of that player?

I was just thinking...Jason Varitek is obviously my favorite player out of all players...and he always will be no matter what team he goes to.. I like Manny & Pedro a lot too and I still consider myself to be a fan of them. But other guys like Johnny Damon & Nomar Garciaparra who I was a fan of, I don't really consider myself to be a fan of anymore.

So, I was just wondering what other baseball fans thought. :)

Answer 1

I'd cry and still follow him. However, Hamilton has lots of supporters and the fans love him & hes dedicated to this team. I don't see him leaving for a long time.

Answer 2

the only players i'm an absolute fan of are ones ones who impress me off field too, Nomar was a team player & did every charity who asked.  so YES ! i still wear my #5 nomar shirt to fenway every game

Answer 3

Just happened... and I'll always be a Manny fan. He is entertaining and fun and a d**n good hitter... the best Righty in the game and he was tailor made for Fenway... Its a shame that both these stubborn egos had to hurt eachother like they did, the Red Sox management and Manny.

are you asking cause you read the writing on the wall that Tek isn't gonna have an easy bargin with the Red Sox this fall?  He's gonna want years... the Red Sox never give years.

I don't hate Damon as much as I used to, I think the Red Sox botched that one, he's only been to the DL once since he left Boston...and he was the face of the team, and a catalist for the offense... They really haven't had a definate leadoff catalist since he left... Ellsbury still needs another year or so... when that trade went down I was pissed!  Yankees always do that tho.

Nomar, they got that one right... Nomar is worthless now, has been since spring 04.  I don't think anyone in Boston likes Nomar anymore.

I'm dying to see what Braves fans say to this Question...

Answer 4

Oh gosh, I would be devastated if Mike Redmond played for a different team. I will always be a big fan of RedDawg, even if he plays for another team, but it probably wouldn't be the same.

I honestly think he is going to retire as a Twin, though. He is pretty old already, and he said he wants to retire with us. He also said that he wants to work for the Twins after he retires, so if all works out, he will be with us for a long time!

But honestly, I will always be his biggest fan, regardless of where he plays.

Answer 5

Already happened to me. The Yankees traded Dave Winfield to the Angels in '88. I was NOT happy and my love for the Yanks was standing on shaky ground. But I never abandoned the team. I'll always be a Yankees fan.

But I still love Dave Winfield and he's still my all-time favorite player. I even rooted for the Blue Jays in '92 so he could win a World Series ring. Seeing him back in Pinstripes this weekend for Old Timers Day was so nice and so fitting for me.

Answer 6

yeah, you can like players and teams. There is nothing wrong with that.

I like the Mets, but I also like a bunch of other players like Hanley Ramirez, Carlos Marmol and Albert Pujols

Answer 7

Usually, I will stay a fan of the player.  I have no animosity toward Manny.  As much as the relationship worked well for both the team and him, it had run its course.  When he got to LA and had his press conference he saluted the fans.

Damon, on the other hand, dissed us all.  It would have beenbad enough to just ignore us, but he gave off bad mojo.  I never turned on a player as fast as i did on him.

Answer 8

Yes I would be a fan of Chase Utley, I'd be upset with the organization, but not the player...

Answer 9

I love Josh Hamilton with the Rangers right now.

100+ RBIs

I dont wanna lose that to any team.

I am still a big fan of Marc Texiera even if hes with a rival.

I could  care less for Pudge and A-rod

Answer 10

of course! I like a lot of people outside of my team anyways so I don't stop liking a guy when he's not on the team anymore :)

I still follow guys around or check up on em to see how they're doing  

Answer 11

I would still follow him, for sure, and I would support him to an extent.

The best situation I can relate this to is Joe Torre. I was so attached to Joe and I wish him all the luck in the world. But during the off-season, after his contract issues went down, a Yankees fan said, "I hope Joe and his Dodgers win the World Series!"

I draw the line there, for sure. I wish Joe luck, but I still want the Yankees to win the World Series.

Yes, I would still follow the player and support him, but only so far. My boys on my team always come first.

Answer 12

My favorite player Ken Griffey, Jr., just got traded from the Reds to the White Sox.  I followed him when he was with the Mariners, too.  I will continue to see how he does with the White Sox, but meanwhile I have found a different favorite player with the Reds in Jay Bruce.  I only continue following players that are my favorite, too.

Answer 13

I lived this when the Mets moved Tom Seaver to the Reds. It is hard, but you move on

Answer 14

I'd still be a fan of Albert Pujols, just not as much as I was.

Answer 15

If certain yankees were traded or signed with another team.....i would like them but to a certain lesser extent.....i wouldnt have the same excitement for them!

Answer 16

It takes a true fan to like the player ir not regardless if he traded or not

Answer 17

Jeter i think will end his career with the Yankees , and if eh doesnt i will alwyas be a Jeter Fan and Jeter will always be a Yankee

Answer 18

Of course, you stay loyal to the player, not the team! I mean, for Red Sox fans, it's a whole different story. When Damon went to New York, I lost all respect for him. He said earlier in that year that he would never leave Boston just to make more money, and what did he do after the season? Picked up a lucrative contract with who, but the Yankees. I also liked Nomar, but we just don't see him anymore. He is in a mid-market team in the NL West, and I think we just forgot about him. I think if you like a player, and he happens to get dealt by the team, being a fan is still alright. Manny asked to be traded many times over the last few years, and I stopped liking him after the grief he put the organization through.

Answer 19

i would still be a fan of the player........... unless they go to Boston........ lol(:       GO YANKEES!!!  fortunently, Derek Jeter will never be traded........ b/c he's derek jeter.  yeah

Answer 20

It happened to me when the A's traded Eric Byrnes and Nick Swisher. I am still a fan of them and I hope they do well with their new teams. They are still my favorite players.  

Answer 21

I still like to keep up with Maddux and hope always does well .. except when he pitches against the Cubs

Answer 22

Yes. I still like watching Nady and Carlos Gomez even after they left the Mets. I wish they were here today though!

Answer 23

Many years ago my favorite player got traded to another team. This was a very well known player and he got into a fair amount of trouble and embarrassed his team. He had three suspensions in one year. I stayed with my old team. He didn't do well for his new team and then was send to another team and went down to the minors and came up with another team in the National League. The next year he was in spring training and got released, a few days before he turned 29. I believe he is in jail now for the third time. My loyalty didn't follow him after he left the Tigers.  

Answer 24

Yes. When Jamey Carroll got traded to the Indians, we started reading the box scores for the Indians to see how he did.

Answer 25

I truly believe that we all, first and foremost, root for our favorite teams, however we always seem to gravitate to certain players.  As a Yankee fan I always found myself checking the box scores everyday just to see what "Yaz" and "Dewey" did the day before.  I was always a big fan of those two even though they wore the Red Sox uniform.  It was the class and the integrity that attracted me to them.

I always liked Nomar and still do.  I personally believe that the Red Sox did him wrong, but that's just my opinion.

If Jason were to be traded I'm sure you will still continue to follow his career. Why, because he's your favorite player.

As you know my favorite player of all time was Mickey Mantle.  I'm sure that if he had been traded I would still root for the Yankees but I would also have rooted for "The Mick 7" as well!

Answer 26

If Chase Utley got traded to another team (which is not gonna happen) he would still be my favorite player. I have grown way to attached to him and his playing style.

Aaron Rowand got traded to the Giants but i still love him - even though he wasn't my favorite player when in Philadelphia. On the other hand....when Billy Wagner went to the mets I hated his guts.

Answer 27

Depends...

I still like Mark Derosa and Alfonso Soriano, but not Mark Teixeira.

It depends on how they leave and how much I like them.

Like, I would probably still love Ian Kinsler or Michael Young even if they got traded to my least favorite team in the world (that'd be the Yankees).

I think of all the Rangers, I have loved Michael Young from the start, and I've believed in Ian ever since his rookie year.  So my attachment to them is the strongest. =D  I would love both of them wherever they went.

On the other hand, I was not happy with Teixeira when he left, because it seemed to me that he just left for the money.  Like A-Rod.

So I don't consider myself a fan of his anymore.

Mark Derosa and Alfonso Soriano are a different story.  I still like them and root for them, but I definitely don't feel as strongly for them now as I did when they played for the Rangers.

I really like the current Rangers team.  With guys like Hamilton, Murphy, Davis, and even the hot-tempered Milton Bradley, I just feel attached to this team.

I would have been upset if Jon Daniels traded anyone this year.  (He didn't) =D.

But there you go.  I guess it really depends on who you're talking about.  

Answer 28

Most likely. Joba will always be my favorite player unless he goes to a rival (Mets, or Bosux)

Answer 29

Yes, it happens all the time in all sports.