Damon Wants To Be An All-Star
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1| FanHouse found this 6/25/2008 on waswatching.com [flag] |
Via Newsday -
Three weeks from today, the best players in the American and National leagues will line up along the baselines at Yankee Stadium for the 79th All-Star Game. At least two and as many as six will be Yankees.
Johnny Damon wants to be one of them.
“I’m ready to go out and prove myself as one of the better guys in the game,” the left fielder said Sunday. ...
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Johnny Damon
New York Yankees
Hideki Matsui
Josh Hamilton
Nick Markakis
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Johnny Damon Could Be Headed to the DL
Published 6/25/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... first disabled list stint of his career. "It just hit me as the day went on. As I had to get ready for the game, it just kept getting worse ... I had no chance to swing the bat or run after a ball." The timing of the injury couldn't come at a worse time, both for the Yankees, who had to call up 28-year-old rookie Jason Christian from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to hold down left field with Hideki Matsui also nursing a sore knee, as well as for Damon, whose bid to make the All-Star team may not be able to survive an extended absence. ...
