Look, he'll probably be the greatest player EVER to wear a Mariners uniform...but I wonder why we keep inventing ways to make him the hero of a human being we wish he was.
--I don't think he ever said it was a lifelong dream to play in Cincinnati. He said he wanted to be closer to his family--which was in Orlando. I agree, closer than Seattle--but close enough to drive home after a game? Or shoot down and back on an off day?
--if that were his dream, why didn't he veto the next trade to the White Sox? To be closer to deep dish pizza?
I agree it doesn't seem like his greed was for the money. But it's hard to believe his first look at Safeco (after hitting in the Kingdome) showed a greed of personal power in the form of the HR record.
This is relevant to the previous discussion on heroes. There are no heros--just humans.