YANKS SIGN DAMON!!! - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Bigcat · 12-21-2005, 01:38 AM

4 years 52 million,I hate to see him go but he was talking yanks the day after the season was over.
The Sox are floundering,it is becoming more clearer why Theo left.

BrianS · 12-21-2005, 06:59 AM

Theres always the next, next year

vineyardblues · 12-21-2005, 07:54 AM

LOL Karl

I only wish they paid him the 7 year deal for big bucks. He would never
last in center field with his arm. He has no arm now

We shall see, Dam Yankees

VB

Duke41 · 12-21-2005, 08:04 AM

What a piece of %$%$%$%$. Sell out I hope he gets to acting like the next two pussy's. F damon

PaulS · 12-21-2005, 08:16 AM

Classy response

MoroneSaxatilis · 12-21-2005, 08:28 AM

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...I hope he gets cancer.

As the son of a cancer survivor, I find this to be in very bad taste and not at all amusing.

The Dad Fisherman · 12-21-2005, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Duke41

What a piece of %$%$%$%$. Sell out I hope he gets to acting like the next two pussy's. F damon

From what I've been hearing he wasn't a sellout. His agent called our new "GM By Committee"

(THAT Worked REAL well with the Bullpen a couple years back) and said the Yanks made the offer. They thought he was bluffing and tried to call him on it.....guess they were wrong....nitwits.

and don't forget who his agent is...Scott Boras....that guys a ball-buster

Duke41 · 12-21-2005, 08:55 AM

Ruth, Clemmens, Boggs, Damon traitors all. I want to spit on their graves.

The Dad Fisherman · 12-21-2005, 09:04 AM

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Ruth, Clemmens, Boggs, Damon traitors all. I want to spit on their graves.

Ruth Was TRADED...can't fault him for that

Clemens went to Toronto for 2 years before landing in New York.....and Beside Duquette made the statement that Clemens was "In the twilight of his Career"

Boggs left because Scott Cooper was Going to be "Da Man"...and not for nothing he wasn't exactly tearing the cover off of the ball after he left.

and thats just the nature of Baseball now-a-days.....try and name 10 players in the league who have actually stayed with there team for 10 years or more...you'd be lucky to name a dozen

Duke41 · 12-21-2005, 09:06 AM

this is our unborn childs salute to Damon for his big trade and to the red sox front office the "ship of fools". Great work "idiots"!!

The Dad Fisherman · 12-21-2005, 09:20 AM

I'll go 50/50 on you with that....still don't see it as Damon's fault....but feel free to distribute it to the front office.....nice big copy for Larry Luchino

toddonbi · 12-21-2005, 11:35 AM

At least we will not have to see that idiotic segment on NESN "In style."with his wife. Man that drove me nuts. It will be interesting seeing Damon cover center as he was diving all the time in Fenway, not to mention they'll need the entire infield to relay his throws. I guess anybody on second has a freebie to home. Hate to see him go but such is the way of baseball today. Makes me miss Yaz all the more.

Mike P · 12-21-2005, 11:44 AM

Basically, with him and Matsui in the outfield, anyone on second can crawl home, and other teams will be going first-to-third all day long on anything hit to center. It's a big centerfield out there, much bigger than Fenway, and Matsui is almost as big a butcher defensively in left as Manny.

Is Damon gonna take two years off Randy Johnson and make him into the Big Unit again instead of the Big Eunuch? Mussina shows signs of slipping, too. Is he gonna transform Carl Pavano and Jared Wright into Cy Young candidates instead of career .500 pitchers? They still have lots of pitching issues to address

The Dad Fisherman · 12-21-2005, 11:52 AM

I'm beginning to think the thought process of Steinbrenner and the Boys on this one is "If we can't make our team better than we can make the Sox that much Weaker"

You're right about the pitching, they weren't Playoff caliber last year....and they are now a year older.

toddonbi · 12-21-2005, 12:00 PM

absolutely...Delilah Steinbrenner knows it's a kick in the nads for the Sox

fishsmith · 12-21-2005, 01:26 PM

"Looks like Jesus, throws like Mary" - that's awesome !!

Oh well, lets hope we got his best years, his arm did suck, but the guy is an on-base machine.
Graffanino will take his place, he owes us a .300+ season after letting the ball go thru his legs anyways...

Go Sox!!!!!

ProfessorM · 12-21-2005, 01:50 PM

Don't know why anyone would be surprised. It's a buisness and they go where the cash is plain and simple. Will it hurt? You bet. Paul

Uncle Matt · 12-21-2005, 05:21 PM

Well Damon played well for us and he will be missed. But this will likely be his last contract and he's going for the money. Can't really blame him for that. It hurts so much because he landed with the Yankees.

I won't wish him any ill will though. He was a classy guy who was an instrumental part of the World Series team. He deserves a tip if the hat.

On another note, I watched the 2pm news confrence on Nesn. Is it me or did Larry Lucchino look like a deer in the headlights? And one of the new co GM's who was sitting on Larry's left must of been parched. Did you see him swigging the bottled water? Maybe there was vodka in the bottle instead!

tynan19 · 12-21-2005, 06:02 PM

Just watched his wife shave his beard. Can't wait to see the Sox test his arm.

Raider Ronnie · 12-21-2005, 10:53 PM

How can this be a surprise to anyone?
If Damon was a loyal guy who didn't care about money instead of taking the highest offer from the team willing to spend it, he would still be playing out in Oakland for the A's !!!

BigFish · 12-21-2005, 10:58 PM

Ron....that is the best thing I have heard in awhile and how very true it is!

Drift the right bait in front of a fish and he will bite...ballplayers like money on the hook!

Raider Ronnie · 12-21-2005, 11:02 PM

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Ron....that is the best thing I have heard in awhile and how very true it is!

Drift the right bait in front of a fish and he will bite...ballplayers like money on the hook!

Hey,
If Bob Craft payed me enough, I'de think about rooting for the Pats !!!

BigFish · 12-21-2005, 11:12 PM

And money, once again, is the reason sports are ruined.....its no longer sport, its business!

Surfcastinglife · 12-22-2005, 01:23 AM

thats why the college game is so much better

Skip N · 12-22-2005, 01:33 AM

Sucks to see him go....Sucks even more to see him go to the freakin Yankees! But, for an extra 12 million bucks more than what the Sox offered him who the hell can blame him. For an extra 12 mill i think we'd all do the same. Im not liking the new look Sox yet. what the F is going on!?

Squid kids Dad · 12-22-2005, 07:20 AM

Almost seems like they are getting ready to sell the team...

JohnR · 12-22-2005, 12:45 PM

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Almost seems like they are getting ready to sell the team...

It is interesting, (besides the rumoroed Luccino issues) Theo left for some philosophical reasons, right? There was a significant division in what was best for the future of the team and he was not on the same page as some of the current brain trust. Maybe that is part of it - Henry has bought a team that way - or was it breaking up the team, recooping costs, and starting young?

Vectorfisher · 12-22-2005, 08:03 PM

I dont get it!! Damon needed 3 wheelbarrells to get his cash to the bank what did he need more for???? I say salary cap and not in the form of a team cap how about a player cap, if they love the game @ 5 million a year they can learn to love it @ 2 a year. How much money do these goons need, I think I will get my kind a new baseball bat for Christmas screw the Ipod

Backbeach Jake · 12-22-2005, 08:37 PM

I'd love to be paid better for what I do and so would everyone else. I'd love to catch more bass and so would everyone else. Everyone wants to do better. More power to Damon. I have a real bad feeling about the Sox higher echelon. Seems all too familiar.

MoroneSaxatilis · 12-23-2005, 10:50 AM

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I'd love to be paid better for what I do and so would everyone else. Everyone wants to do better. More power to Damon.

Well said. Do I like the fact that Damon is no longer leading off for the Sox? Of course not. Do I like the fact that he's now leading off for the Evil Empire? HELL no.
But the position of "...how much do they need...?", etc, just doesn't make sense to me. What Damon ended up with was basically a 30% increase over what he would have gotten had he stayed.
I know that if I was with Company X for a given amount of time, earning a decent wage, was happy there, had made some good friends, etc, and then Company Y came along and offered me 30% more pay, I'd be gone in a heartbeat. In fact, I've done exactly that at least twice that I can think of.
On the flip side of that, it's only fair to mention that both times I did it, I second guessed myself wondering if it was worth giving up the things I gave up for the extra money. In the end, the money always won out. Unfortunately, GMAC will not accept testimonials from my good friends at work in lieu of payment on the 2 new trucks I bought.