Comments on: Left field closing arguments: Johnny Damon

By: Bo Sux

Bo Sux — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:28:31 +0000

Of course that was your favorite part. Only two syllables. Simple. (There ya go…another favorite part for you.)

By: Bo Sux

Bo Sux — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:24:14 +0000

You keep saying Mauer “likely won’t” go free agent and that has no validity whatsoever. He has said repeatedly that he’d “like” to stay with the Twins (which they ALL say) but that he will listen to “all offers.” If it comes down to offers, then, your betting the Twins outbid the Yankees for him? Color him gone, dude. And upside potential is NOT redundant, btw — there’s also DOWNSIDE potential, dickworth. And the latter, BTW, is all Holliday has. All his good hitting numbers are in the NL against crappy pitchers and with the Colorado Rocky Mountain Highs where every swing is a golf shot. As for age, Holliday is 29 and Crawford is 28. Nice try, Steve, but you just struck out on three straight pitches….lol! Wanna try for 4? Check their fielding stats. Wanna try for 5? Check their comparitive hitting numbers against common AL East teams as I pointed out earlier. That’s where the rubber really meets the road and the end of this comparison. If Holliday was so hot, he’d have gone way before Bay did. Nobody in the AL with a pennant shot wants to waste the long-term $$$ on him. And if Crawford was FA this year he’d have been the first guy everyone jumped at, not Matt “oops the ball hit me in the chest” Holliday.

By: dalelama

dalelama — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:19:35 +0000

Nobody looks as pretty as Brett Gardner taking a third strike right down the middle of the plate…Do forget that !!!

By: theyankeewarrior

theyankeewarrior — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:41:05 +0000

Ok, booed extensively.

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By: HeartyLarry

HeartyLarry — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:45:45 +0000

Ask Bobby Abreu about pay cuts and productivity. If Damon is the person he’s seemed to have been in the past four years, he’ll take the deal. I think your arguments in general are reasonable. Think Joe’s overall analysis is sound but I only think the Yankees should re-sign Damon if it does not limit their ability to go after Carl Crawford or one of the other top players to be available after the 2010 season. If they must give Damon two years, it’s a good thing that they’ve given Nick Johnson only only one. Can you see Crawford in the NYY outfield in 2011 with Damon (if his offensive production keeps up in 2020) as a DH for the second of the two year deal? I like Damon’s hustle, his attitude and the decency and openness he brings to the clubhouse and the franchise and his fans. But, and it’s a big but, I don’t want anything to prevent the Yankees from pursuing Crawford next year. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know: they have Jeet and Mo to deal with next year too, but Crawford, along with Tex, Granderson, Cano, CC and one of the catching prospects will be the core of a future Yankee dynasty….

By: A Lifetime of Question Marks

A Lifetime of Question Marks — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:16:49 +0000

Does Johnson ground into a lot of DP’s? Is he likely to do so with Jeter on first base all the time? One of the great parts of JD in the 2 hole was that he almost never hit into DP’s.

Regardless, Johnson’s OBP probably offsets any of this.

Probably a very minor point, but just wanted to if it was worth looking at.

By: Avi Frisch

Avi Frisch — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:03:35 +0000

I am a fan of the correct usage of the word alas. It is “used to express sorrow, regret, grief, compassion, or apprehension of danger or evil.” American Heritage Dictionary. So unless you are a Red Sox fan, you usage of alas is totally incorrect.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:01:55 +0000

Damon is our best option for LF if he’ll take a 1 year deal. That has been the case all offseason. I really hope he comes back. Our lineup would be absolutely insane as the entire lineup would include guys that would likely hit 1-5 on virtually any other team in baseball with at least 3 MVP candidates.

Its a pretty low risk move too because on a 1 year deal there’s no longterm implications and the guy you were going to start in his place is on the bench if you need him.

If he gets a multi-year deal elsewhere so be it, but before making any other move we should see what happens with Damon and make him our preferred option.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:10:43 +0000

My favorite part was when he said:

“Simple. ”