Johnny Damon a Yankee?
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. In this world where sports are only sports to the fans and the people actually involoved keep telling us it's a business, this shouldn't be an big deal. It certainly isn't any worse than when bigger names (Rocket, Ruth) made the same move, but doesn't this just suck the 'Joy to the World' right outa your sails? I'm neither a Red Sox or Yankees fan, but when it comes to this rivalry, I'm far more of a Yankees hater than anything else, and this is one of the reasons. OK, it's the reason. It's the "if you can't beat 'em, buy 'em" attitude. In the days before Christmas, all I really needed was a reminder that, in the end, all that matters is the faces of presidents.
I guess what strikes me is, I have friends on both sides of this Yankee/Red Sox fence. Far more than I realized for living in, of all places, Florida, but they have come out of the woodwork, especially in the last two years. The Yankee fans have been anything but complimentary to Mr. Damon and his locks. "The girlie-man" is one of their favorite terms for him. With other players (like the Rocket) there was hatred, but there was also respect. It wasn't that way, at least not outwardly, for Johnny Damon. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out now.
Other semi-Red Sox news. Jonathan Papelbon, the rookie pitcher and former Bishop Kenny High School (in J'ville) standout is giving a free pitchers clinic to kids here next week. If the youngster was a pitcher, I'd consider getting him there, but it would be wasted on him. Nice to see the kid giving back to the homies though.
In other semi-New England news. The no-respect card is playing heavily in J'ville where the rest of the world is already handing the Patriots a first round playoff victory (which as of now would be against the Jaguars) and a game with the Colts. To those playing the card, all I can say is, "You're making a huge assumption that the Jaguars will win their last two to play the Patriots. The way we've been playing lately, the Texans and Titans could play that same card. Let's win the last two and then worry about where we play and who says what about us."
I guess what strikes me is, I have friends on both sides of this Yankee/Red Sox fence. Far more than I realized for living in, of all places, Florida, but they have come out of the woodwork, especially in the last two years. The Yankee fans have been anything but complimentary to Mr. Damon and his locks. "The girlie-man" is one of their favorite terms for him. With other players (like the Rocket) there was hatred, but there was also respect. It wasn't that way, at least not outwardly, for Johnny Damon. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out now.
Other semi-Red Sox news. Jonathan Papelbon, the rookie pitcher and former Bishop Kenny High School (in J'ville) standout is giving a free pitchers clinic to kids here next week. If the youngster was a pitcher, I'd consider getting him there, but it would be wasted on him. Nice to see the kid giving back to the homies though.
In other semi-New England news. The no-respect card is playing heavily in J'ville where the rest of the world is already handing the Patriots a first round playoff victory (which as of now would be against the Jaguars) and a game with the Colts. To those playing the card, all I can say is, "You're making a huge assumption that the Jaguars will win their last two to play the Patriots. The way we've been playing lately, the Texans and Titans could play that same card. Let's win the last two and then worry about where we play and who says what about us."
John put this out here at 8:41 AM
1 Comments:
And to think he started out as a Royal....as did several other excellent ball players. Funny how when they were in KC....we couldn't get the team to gel enough to create a winner.
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