Free agent Johnny Damon is now a New York Yankee. The Evil Empire signed him to a $52 million dollar four year deal.This is just unbelievable. Besides getting rid of junk players and strengthening the pitching staff, a priority of the Red Sox should have been to keep Manny, Ortiz, and Damon. I'm really wondering whether the Sox purposely let Damon go. Its almost as if this was never an issue. All the talk was about Manny wanting to be traded, yet we keep seeing Johnny Damon on the free agent list week after week.
JD has speed. The Red Sox don't have that right now. There's a huge gap in both the lineup and the outfield. Aside from a weak arm, Damon is a great center fielder. He is also one of the best lead off hitters there is. The Sox are going to have to fill both these positions. Its going to take a lot of work or be a big compromise if these positions are to be filled. Add to that the need for a shortstop, the Sox still have a lot of work ahead of them.
Lets hope they don't screw this up and nullify the great deals made just a few weeks earlier.
(I can't stand visiting ESPN today since they're showing that pic with him in pinstripes nonstop).
2 comments:
I think...
1) George purposedly got Johnny "The Ape Man" Damon just to piss off the Red Sox fans
2) Sox management purposedly let George have his way just to piss off the Red Sox fans
3) Sox fans have one more reason to "welcome" the pinstrips when they are in town: now the favorite seats in Fenway would be the first few rows in the center-right field
4) once again, the Patriots are the only ones in Boston not shooting themselves in the foot. *knock knock* Bruins also conveniently screwed themselves by trading away Joe Thorton a few weeks ago
5) the reason why I couldn't access this site was indeed the Internet connection in China
very sad that Johnny is no longer w/ us...
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