As a lifelong Red Sox fan, (though I now proudly call Yankee territory my home), I am stunned and saddened to report that the Red Sox traded Johnny Damon (JOHNNY DAMON!), a.k.a. Baseball’s Jesus, to the New York Yankees in a $52 million dollar deal. The hugely popular Damon earned his nickname–and the immortal WWJDD? T-shirts–because of his shoulder-length hair and beard as well as his role in bringing a World Series championship to Boston after an 86-year drought.

Boston’s Savior has left the building.