DAMON: I'M READY TO RETURN

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Baseball Today: Monday, July 21
Published 7/21/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... . . . Billy Wagner felt some discomfort in his shoulder but was still able to nail down the Mets' win over the Reds. (New York Post) Even so, he'll have the shoulder examined today (mlb.com) . . . Dmitri Young has been placed on the DL by the Nationals so he can control his diabetes (Washington Post) . . . The Dodgers are back in first place in the N.L. West. (Los Angeles Daily News) OLD FRIENDS: Johnny Damon says he's ready to get back into the Yankee lineup. (New York Post) -- ART MARTONE

Pettitte dominates, and Yanks inch closer
Published 7/21/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... and a final decision will be made about surgery by tomorrow. Johnny Damon is still proclaiming himself ready . We still know very little; he could be activated for tonight, tomorrow, or really, anytime. Harvey Araton ...

Damon Says He’s Ready to Return
Published 7/21/2008 by Tom Gaffney at The Bronx Block
... According to the NY Post, Yankee outfielder Johnny Damon says he is ready to return to action and DH at the very least (though the role of injured, unable to throw DH currently belongs to Jorge so they will have to work that one out between them). Joe Girardi was less aggressive, stating that Damon might do a rehab assignment starting Thursday and be ready for the Boston series. Once he can actually play the field, it will be interesting to see whether Gardner sticks or they feel he won’t get enough at bats and they send him down, or they have him split time w/ Damon and ...