Somewhere Bryce Harper quietly weeps

Harper's being honest. You develop friendships over your tenure at a team. They don't just disappear when you leave. I remember Luke Ball, the St Kilda captain, got traded to Collingwood. The next year Collingwood beat St Kilda in the Grand Final. Look on his face said it all. Relief...and then nothing. His new mates celebrating while his old mates collapsed in disappointment with him having no idea how to feel.