If the question was, "which of these guys did you love the most?" the answer for me is Looey, very easily. He was just so much fun, and great as well.
If the question is, "which departure got you so angry with the player that you'll never forgive them in your heart?" then Clemens. He was every bit as great as those numbers posted above suggest - but still, my favorite memory of him is of him getting destryed by the Sox (and Pedro!) in a playoff game.
If the question included an "LOL" element, Boggs wins. I loved him here, then he went to NY, sucked, sobbed his way around a WS celebration on a horse, and then tried to shop his HoF cap to TB as part of a last-gasp contract.
My vote, though, was Lyle. If the Sox had decided that a relief ace was a tad more vauable than a no-bat all-glove 1B, we wouldn't have waited until 2004...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Outfield
If the question is, "which departure got you so angry with the player that you'll never forgive them in your heart?" then Clemens. He was every bit as great as those numbers posted above suggest - but still, my favorite memory of him is of him getting destryed by the Sox (and Pedro!) in a playoff game.
If the question included an "LOL" element, Boggs wins. I loved him here, then he went to NY, sucked, sobbed his way around a WS celebration on a horse, and then tried to shop his HoF cap to TB as part of a last-gasp contract.
My vote, though, was Lyle. If the Sox had decided that a relief ace was a tad more vauable than a no-bat all-glove 1B, we wouldn't have waited until 2004...
FTR, old old old timers might put in a word for Speaker, Lewis and HooperYeah, maybe. I'm not sure that OF was better defensively. That would be the only other option.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Outfield