All it does is give us hardware and bragging rights. Other then that, it's not that much of a big deal. In football it's a lot different. You get the home games if you win the division. When you win the division in baseball, you barely get an advantage. Homefield even during game 7 in the playoffs isn't that big of a deal in baseball.
Johnny is a better player then Crisp but the asking amount was too much. Especially when the Sox knew they could go out and make a trade done with an up and coming, younger center fielder that costs less and use that money to possibly fill the rest of Manny's contract, pitching, and more. And Coco may be just as good fielding, but that's not really saying much.