To be honest, I'm not quite sure I follow the line of thinking on this one. While I totally understand that the most deep-seated and die-hard of fandom gets put out to pasture the second that any team offers you a chance to realize your dream, I'm not so sure that I would now feel better about the outcome of last season's World Series if I were Cody Deason. That's the right thing to say, of course, as it would be preposterously tone deaf to speak disparagingly of the most outstanding accomplishment of the organization that just picked you to be part of their presumably bright future. However, all pleasantries aside, wouldn't giving up his passion for the Los Angeles Dodgers immediately after having celebrated their first title in his lifetime served as a bigger high to leave on than the most mind-blowing of breakup sex? What's even the "downside" there, that he'd be joining the ranks of an up-and-coming team that was still hungry for their first title in franchise history? The truth is that the organization that ultimately grew his love for a game that he's now one step closer to calling a profession could have started packing their shit and heading back to Brooklyn yesterday afternoon and that news would have been merely a footnote on the best chapter of Cody Deason's life to date. Clayton Kershaw could have announced his retirement on the grounds that the Houston Astros killed his competitive spirit, and it wouldn't cause but one drop of rain to fall from Cloud 9 as he stood atop it following the calling of his name. Getting drafted into the MLB, by anyone really, is undoubtedly the greatest thing that can happen to a young athlete. However, in saying that, I don't think we have to act like getting the chance to fully enjoy his first championship before having to start contributing far more than just raw emotion throughout the long, arduous path to winning one wouldn't have been the greatest thing to happen to a young fan. His future is obviously what matters here, but - regardless of how successful his career as an Astro ends up being - there will always be a golden opportunity to go out on top as a devote Dodger that was just barely missed in his past.
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