riveraveblues.com - 11/2/2009
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Because of the way FOX produces baseball games, when Johnny Damon slid safely into second, popped up and then started heading for third, my heart dropped. “What are you doing?” I thought. How could Damon, already in scoring position for Mark Teixeira , dream of taking third when ...
sportsuntapped.com - 11/2/2009
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sportsuntapped.com —
A day after the New York Yankees came
back to win Game 3, Johnny Damon became the...
difference-maker with a two-out, ninth-inning, game-saving performance...
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You Can’t Catch Johnny Damon
cantstopthebleeding.com - 11/2/2009
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cantstopthebleeding.com —
Willie Mays robbing Vic Wertz? Ho hum. Mazeroski’s
walk-off before they called such things a walk-off? Whatevah....
Carton Fisk’s game-winning shot down the leftfield line in 1975? Fuck off. All of the above pale in comparison to the not-so-idiotic Johnny Damon’s most ...
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Damon’s Double Steal – Greatest Play in W.S. ...
huffingtonpost.com - 11/2/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
Johnny Damon pulled off an amazing double steal
in last night's Yankees-Phillies World Series game. Damon, facing...
two outs and a tied game at the top of the 9th inning, singled to keep the game alive. Damon then promptly stole second base, and, upon ...
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Johnny Damon Double Steal Video: World Series Game 4 ...
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Damon’s Double Steal – Greatest Play in W.S. History Or The Most Incredible Athletic Feat In All of Humankind?
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... “Last night, there was no Ken Huckaby, no Carlos Ruiz, no Brad Lidge awaiting Johnny Damon at third base. The Yanks’ left fielder caught everyone off guard, and as the Yankee bench, millions of fans, and Carlos Ruiz watched the play unfold, Damon beat Feliz in a dash to third. It was a race for ages.” – Benjamin Krabak, River Ave. Blues ...
Winning It All On An Anniversary
No, You're a Towel —
... Some great stuff from around the blogosphere on Johnny Damon's amazing double steal. River Avenue Blues calls it "Jeterian" (sort of). ...
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One Play Changes Everything
puristbleedspinstripes.com 11/2/2009 — 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 ...
The play that changed the World Series
mlbnotebook.com 11/3/2009 — Thanks to a heads-up play by Johnny Damon and the Phillies playing the lefty power hitter shift defense, what could have been a World Series tied 2-2 is now a 3-1 Yankees series lead. Game 4 becomes an instant classic in the latest volume of World Series history. All becuase Johnny Damon ...
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On The Damon Steal
lookoutlanding.com 11/3/2009 —
It was a very heads-up play. Not a lot of guys would've been paying attention to third base in that situation, but Damon was thinking the whole time, and earned himself a free 90 feet. There was no risk - he saw that the base was uncovered and knew ...
So, just how good was Damon’s steal?
hardballtimes.com 11/3/2009 — 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 :
# ...
Johnny Be Great
ladylovespinstripes.com 28 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...
Welcome to Lady Loves Pinstripes, a sports blog from a female fan's perspective. Feel free ...
Damon's 'instinctual' double dash makes World Series history
sports.yahoo.com 11/4/2009 — PHILADELPHIA — Had Derek Jeter (notes) been the culprit of the double theft, it would have gone done in the history books as the all-time greatest display of "baseball smarts." But since it was a self-described Idiot doing the ...
Better than “the Steal”?
spartyandfriends.com 11/2/2009 — This of course all becomes moo*if they Yankees choke away their 3-1 advantage over Philadelphia. However, Johnny Damon had one of the most heads up base running plays in postseason history last night, it set of a chain reaction in the way Brad ...
Who was on third for Phils? Nobody —
Major League Baseball News 11/3/2009
The Phillies discussed the play that set in motion a killer 7-4 loss Sunday night to the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the World Series. Johnny Damon stole second base in the ninth and wisely ran to third with nobody covering third base.
