...on Damon
bad-mouthing his former employer. I've been sick and tired of this for a while now, so I can only imagine that if I were a Yankess fan I'd pretty much be hating him already. He can't seem to shut up. But there's something in this last article which no one's talked about:
Johnny Damon never has been shy about telling it like he sees it, and yesterday he continued to respond to questions about the failed negotiations with the Red Sox...
The key phrase here of course is "continued to respond to questions about..." The reporters
know he lacks the ability not to respond to any question posed to him, and has no internal filter. So all they need to do is pose any question to him, no matter how controversial or repetitive or tired, and basically they'll have generated another "juicy story". Hell, they can even feign disgust at his apparent obsession with his former club and title their article "Damon won't drop it". No, sorry: the problem is that the
media won't drop it. Stop asking him about Boston and maybe he'll stop talking about it.
On the other hand, the article does seem to have a genuinely new piece of information: Damon says "Jason [Varitek] and I talked while [the contract negotiation process] was happening." What exactly do you think Varitek told him? "Well, uh, 4 years, $40M was good enough for me." I can't imagine he was too sympathetic.
Earl, I couldn't agree more...I am sick of all of this. And, if it were just the Boston media I'd say that was typical...But this is everywhere...
ReplyDeleteThe guy definitely gave his all while he was here, but you know what? Good riddance. Talk about a primadonna.
Ortiz took the hometown...He's more valuable than Damon...
Tek, took (as you wrote) that deal...He's more valuable...
"Totally disrespected" is I think how Damon puts it. How about they offered you a lot of money and you wanted more and they didn't want to give you more? You thought you were worth more...Your feelings were hurt. You left and went to the most hated team in Boston and to avoid backlash from those who loved you (and there were a ton...notice I said "were") you are trashing the organization...
I can't wait until he slows a bit and they spend $20MM for the next CF to replace him...Hey, Johnny...you want to talk about respect? Ask Tino Martinez (a guy who was a very key part of many Yankees championships) how it feels to be dumped by your new franchise for a big steroid fueled monster...
Totally agree, on all counts. Good call about Tino. Here's another good Damon quote which Tino's treatment pretty much proves wrong: "If you do well here, they're going to keep you here."
ReplyDeletePoor, poor Johnny. I wonder what's going to happen when that crazy new wife of his finds some nonsensical excuse to dump him and takes all his cash away. Maybe then he'll start to wise up. Then again, that boy's skull has a mighty thick rind.
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