The fans have spoken and other than the spoiled ones who live in the global Yankee village, most of them are furious about the Alex Rodriguez trade. This deal is the most important moment in baseball history since Boston trade the Babe to New York.

Why? It could signify the next Yankee dynasty. 

A-Rod will eventually be considered the greatest player to ever play baseball. Better than Ruth, Mays, DiMaggio, Williams, Bonds and any other legends. He won't end his career with as many rings as some of the all time greats, but his bank account won't be challenged for decades to come.

After talking with hundreds of baseball fans over the last few days, it seems most of them are still in a state of shock and some just don't seem to care anymore. Let’s breakdown who won and lost when it came to the trade of A-Rod to the New York Yankees.

Yankees fans emerged as the victor over the city of Boston and their long suffering fan base. The typical Yankees fan feels like they just woke up on Christmas morning to find that their provider, George Steinbrenner, broke the bank to get them another high priced toy. If you are lucky enough to get your hands on season tickets, you will be the most popular sports fan in your neighborhood for years to come.

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Red Sox fans love to complain and many of them will use this trade to remain miserable and find more excuses to lose to the “Evil Empire.” Boston had a tremendous off-season by adding Curt Shilling and Keith Foulke to their solid pitching staff and they still have Nomar Garciaparra and Manny Ramirez to drive in runs. Red Sox fans would have loved to see A-Rod at Fenway Park on a everyday basis, but life should still be good.

Texas Rangers fans have now been lied to more than any other team that I can remember in recent years. How would you like to live in Texas and get the bill in the mail for your 2004 season tickets? Was A-Rod going to stay or go? Hey — they just made him captain of the Rangers and he wants to stay and win! Now Rodriguez states that “he keeps pinching himself and he can't believe he is a Yankee.”  I don't support sports boycotts, but I wouldn't go to a Rangers game even if you flew me in on my own private helicopter, dropped me off at second base and let me sit in the dugout for the entire game.

These fans got screwed and they know it.

Wonder how the fans in Kansas City, Baltimore, Tampa Bay, Detroit, Cleveland and other American League towns feel? They just were told that they have no shot at winning until A-Rod retires or lies to the Yankee fans and demands a trade in a few seasons. National League fans have a good shot at winning their division and fighting for a chance to see A-Rod in the playoffs, but they will always be the underdog in a potential October clash with the titans.

Steinbrenner is a genius for making this deal happen. He realized that Texas was desperate to move A-Rod and he made sure that Texas owner Tom Hicks picked up most of the tab for New York’s newest slugger. The Boss will pay about $16 million a year for a player who will make close to $25 million. He landed the best player in the game after every fan in Boston just got over their Super Bowl party hangover. Red Sox owner John Henry now has to answer negative questions after he spent millions of dollars to upgrade his roster with All Star talent. Steinbrenner now owns the back page of every New York sports page for the next five years.

I loved watching Ben Affleck make a fool of himself when he tried to figure out what just went down with his beloved losers. Affleck, when not playing poker or making a horrible movie, shouts to anyone an ear shot that the “Yankees are evil and Commissioner Selig needs to stop them from acquiring every great player.” Hey Ben I don't remember reading or hearing your rant after Shilling signed in Bean Town.

Every die hard Yankee fan should send a thank you card to Aaron Boone for blowing out his knee while playing pickup basketball. If it wasn't for Aaron "Freakin" Boone, the Bombers wouldn't have knocked out Boston in the playoffs last October or landed A-Rod in February. Maybe Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman can have another one of his mid-level players go skiing in Vermont so that he can open trade discussions with the San Francisco Giants in the hopes of landing Barry Bonds.

Bottom line, the Yankees will sell more tickets at home and on the road than at any other time in the history of the franchise. The sale of A-Rod merchandise will put millions in the pocket of King Steinbrenner and soften the pain of writing out checks to the likes of Sheffield, Giambi, Williams, Posada and Jeter. Bud Selig will continue to duck calls from owners that think baseball is on the road to hell. Alfonso Soriano will roam the outfield in an empty outfield in Arlington, Texas, wondering what just happened to his promising career. Jeter will probably boot more ground balls than ever at shortstop, but at least his good friend Alex will be picking up several dinner tabs on the road.

Just when I thought that I was going to write a column about my tremendous experience at the Daytona 500 or John Daly's incredible golf win at Torrey Pines, the A-Rod deal reminds us that anything can happen in a world that has George Steinbrenner with a pocket full of cash and an ego the size of New York!