bases.nbcsports.com - 19 days ago
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The latest collection of rumors and notes from SI's Jon Heyman has a couple of interesting items: Before these playoffs, the Yankees were believed willing to go for two years and $16 million for [Johnny] Damon. But that was before...
Damon's Steal: instant history
bases.nbcsports.com 21 days ago — On the one hand, the double steal by Damon in the 9th doesn't really matter, right? He'd be on second base before the A-Rod hit and still would have scored, even if someone had thought to cover third.On the other...
Yankees steal one, lead Series 3
lohud.com 21 days ago — PHILADELPHIA - Five years ago, when Johnny Damon beat the Yankees, he called himself an idiot. On Sunday night, when he put the Yankees one win away from a World Series title, he did it with his smarts. The Yankees had blown a one-run lead in the ...
Johnny Be Great
ladylovespinstripes.com 14 days ago — My first impression of Johnny Damon was not in Yankee uniform, but that of a hated Boston Red Sox.
He was that outfielder who was part of the biggest Yankee heartbreak in 2004. Damon played a...
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Damon's instincts a treat for Yankees
sportingnews.com 20 days ago — PHILADELPHIA — Johnny Damon was entertaining reporters at the World Series the other day by reliving the joy he derives from being a trickster on Halloween. Seems Damon likes to hide in the bushes and scare the little ones when "they think ...
So, just how good was Damon’s steal?
hardballtimes.com 20 days ago — As I'm sure you all have heard, Johnny Damon took advantage of the shift to advance an extra base on a steal of second last night. While it was a very heads up and exciting play, it simply didn't have much of an impact on the game itself. As Jeff Sullivan of Lookout Landing notes :
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One Play Changes Everything
puristbleedspinstripes.com 21 days ago — I know this has been said before, but one play in last night’s game was so important that it bears repeating: Johnny Damon’s steal of second and third base with two outs in the ninth inning.
First, let’s go over, really simply, how he did it.
Damon stealing second itself ...
Damon Should Stay- Not Because of Last Night
nybaseballdigest.com 21 days ago — Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon turns 36 Thursday. He will be a free-agent soon after.
The club needs to keep him in the fold, not because of his stellar ninth-inning at-bat and instinctive double-steal that paved the way to the Yankees’ 7-4 win over the Phillies in Game 5 of the World Series ...
Scott Boras continues to be full of it
bases.nbcsports.com 11 days ago — The uber-agent on his free agent client, Johnny Damon:"His durability is off the charts," Boras said, referring to Damon's streak of 14 straight seasons with 140-plus games played. "Chronological age does not have anything to do with a player of...
Why Not Both?
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 15 days ago — In the wake of the euphoria over the Yankees World Series victory, the one question that seems to be on everybody's mind is this: Damon or Matsui? Both of them contributed hugely to both the Yankees regular and postseason success. Both also came up huge in the World Series. Both are also getting ...
Manuel's wavering on Lidge —
NY Post: Sports 19 days ago
Corn-pone Phillies manager Charlie Manuel did his aw-shucks best yesterday to convince everyone he hasn't lost faith in Brad Lidge.
But Manuel's actions in Game 5 of the World Series Monday night spoke louder than his words.
The decision not ...
Five Cuts: Oldies but goodies in spotlight —
SI.com - MLB 19 days ago
1. So the World Series comes down to this: the old and familiar. Stop me if you have heard this before: a Yankees team with Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera trying to get through Pedro Martinez to a world championship. Game ...
