Johnny Fing Damon...
So Whoopity Doo. The Yankees signed Johnny Damon to a 4 yr/52 mill dollar deal. This deal essentially assures that the Yankees will field the best lineup ever to step field on a baseball field, and also the most expensive.
Before I get going with the money issue, let me just say this. I fucking hate Johnny Damon now. In the same way that Jason Giambi is a whiny little bitch for leaving Oakland, Damon is the same for leaving Boston.
Yankee fans will quickly counter with Billy Wagner. The difference is this. The Red Sox this year and the A's in '01 both offered Damon and Giambi respectively, 7-year deals. In each case, the player took more money to leave a situation where he was a god to come to a city where the cost of living is such that the extra $10 million dollars will soon disappear.
With Wagner, the Mets offered him an extra year, what may be his last year of his career. That is a difference maker.
But back to Damon. I hope this guy cuts his hair, shaves his beard and looks like a little bull queer. He was a king in Boston. He brought Boston a World Series, coined the team "the Idiots" and was, as sad it may sound, the "white face" of a city that is a pretty racist city.
Now he comes to New York, one of Mr. Steinrbenner's troops. I hope that ugly swing and female throwing style choke.
This deal also helps to truly differentiate the Yankees from all other teams in baseball. The Red Sox had offered Damon 4 yrs 40mill, 12 mil less than the Yankees.
Do you think there is anyway the Sox wouldn't match Damon's offer, to block him from going to their rival, the Evil Empire, Jeter and the ass pluggers, The Steroid Bunch if they saw any value in doing so?
The fact is Johnny Damon is 32, a leadoff man with declining speed at both the top of the lineup and in the outfield. Still he is a marquee guy. But like with everyone else, the Yankees overspent. They were able to keep Hideki Mastui off the market this winter by giving him 4/52 when the market dictated far less. Now they do the same with Damon.
The thing is this. 29 other teams in baseball set a market and the Yankees are just too far above it. Everyone else plays within a budget, the Yankees do not. Their average salary of a player on their 25-man roster is over $8 million per player.
There is simply no way the Red Sox would not give Damon this money if he was close to worth it. The answer is that he must not be.
So now have a look at the Yankees lineup:
Damon: 13 mil
Jeter: 18.9
Ar0d: 25.2
Matsui: 13
Sheff: 13
Giambi:17
Posada: 10.4
Then you got Cano and whoever else, but hey, thats a pretty likable lineup. 1-7 in the lineup avging about 16 million.
The Yankees just proved that they are in another planet. Good for them. This lineup could be the greatest of all time but their pitching will still be shaky.
There is nothing I hate more than a player leaving a team for a rival or a rival stealing another team's player. So today, a giant fuck you to the Bombers.
Hope all is great with you guys and that you are happy. Truth is, it's all ok. It's baseball and if the Yankees weren't being the Yankees what would we have to complain about?
Vaya con dios,
SM
Oh and by the way, Jawn Jawn was reporting that Johnny D is on the roids. This is the same kid that called a bears v bengals superbowl before the season. That said, I believe him.
Oh and double by the way, AFOMG isn't happy, and he'll be writing something on this eventually, so keep checking in with Yankees2000 throughout the day.
Before I get going with the money issue, let me just say this. I fucking hate Johnny Damon now. In the same way that Jason Giambi is a whiny little bitch for leaving Oakland, Damon is the same for leaving Boston.
Yankee fans will quickly counter with Billy Wagner. The difference is this. The Red Sox this year and the A's in '01 both offered Damon and Giambi respectively, 7-year deals. In each case, the player took more money to leave a situation where he was a god to come to a city where the cost of living is such that the extra $10 million dollars will soon disappear.
With Wagner, the Mets offered him an extra year, what may be his last year of his career. That is a difference maker.
But back to Damon. I hope this guy cuts his hair, shaves his beard and looks like a little bull queer. He was a king in Boston. He brought Boston a World Series, coined the team "the Idiots" and was, as sad it may sound, the "white face" of a city that is a pretty racist city.
Now he comes to New York, one of Mr. Steinrbenner's troops. I hope that ugly swing and female throwing style choke.
This deal also helps to truly differentiate the Yankees from all other teams in baseball. The Red Sox had offered Damon 4 yrs 40mill, 12 mil less than the Yankees.
Do you think there is anyway the Sox wouldn't match Damon's offer, to block him from going to their rival, the Evil Empire, Jeter and the ass pluggers, The Steroid Bunch if they saw any value in doing so?
The fact is Johnny Damon is 32, a leadoff man with declining speed at both the top of the lineup and in the outfield. Still he is a marquee guy. But like with everyone else, the Yankees overspent. They were able to keep Hideki Mastui off the market this winter by giving him 4/52 when the market dictated far less. Now they do the same with Damon.
The thing is this. 29 other teams in baseball set a market and the Yankees are just too far above it. Everyone else plays within a budget, the Yankees do not. Their average salary of a player on their 25-man roster is over $8 million per player.
There is simply no way the Red Sox would not give Damon this money if he was close to worth it. The answer is that he must not be.
So now have a look at the Yankees lineup:
Damon: 13 mil
Jeter: 18.9
Ar0d: 25.2
Matsui: 13
Sheff: 13
Giambi:17
Posada: 10.4
Then you got Cano and whoever else, but hey, thats a pretty likable lineup. 1-7 in the lineup avging about 16 million.
The Yankees just proved that they are in another planet. Good for them. This lineup could be the greatest of all time but their pitching will still be shaky.
There is nothing I hate more than a player leaving a team for a rival or a rival stealing another team's player. So today, a giant fuck you to the Bombers.
Hope all is great with you guys and that you are happy. Truth is, it's all ok. It's baseball and if the Yankees weren't being the Yankees what would we have to complain about?
Vaya con dios,
SM
Oh and by the way, Jawn Jawn was reporting that Johnny D is on the roids. This is the same kid that called a bears v bengals superbowl before the season. That said, I believe him.
Oh and double by the way, AFOMG isn't happy, and he'll be writing something on this eventually, so keep checking in with Yankees2000 throughout the day.
posted by Sippy Momo at 11:10 PM
1 Comments:
You ought to spend more time talking about Damon's numbers -- what were they at Fenway, what were they on the road, or at Yankee Stadium. What are his defensive metrics? What will the move to the cavernous Yankee Stadium center-field mean to his defense? While he is old, players with speed tend to age better, right? What about his stagnant stolen base totals (is that just a product of the Sox not running)? What about his overall base-running baserunning ability -- check out the Bill James and Baseball Prospectus for those metrics. Too much stuff about Boston being racist and what he meant to the city. Last time I checked you don't win pennants with chemistry, value to the city and all those things, but rather by scoring runs.
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