ARod will never be loved by any city and it's fans. He made his millions - but he could have made milllions here as well, and become the most beloved and honored player in Seattle sports history. He'll never be considered as anything in baseball but a mercenary. Even his Yankee championship is cheap - it's Jeter and Rivera who get the love, honor and respect. ARod won't even receive the love and warm feelings as a Yankee 3rd baseman that Graig Nettles and even Clete Boyer do. Texas couldn't care less about ARod, and Seattle was jilted. And btw, as a jilted lover, Seattle behaved entirely appropriately in its crude hatred in those early years - for that's the emotion of a love affair. People who say Seattle is too nice a city forget that Seattle didn't sit back and wax philosophic about ARod's desertion. We were pissed, and we tore up the living room in our anger. We promised to love and cherish him, and still pay him handsomely in the meantime. He wanted quail meat, not manna (the food of love and covenant), and he ate his fill, but it brought leaness to his soul. And then, even here in Seattle, the jilted lover moves on - and ARod's appearances no longer bring emotion, but disinterest and detachment. We've moved on, and we've found a better player to pour our affection on, and even have it returned! Felix chose wisely, and he will be loved forever by this city for it. And he will be a richer man for it as well.