Judas Damon?

Kristen: Insert Religiously-Themed Betrayal Headline Here:

... I resent the Johnny Damon-centricity of the team over the last three seasons or so because I felt all the while that I was being force fed. It wasn't organic. It wasn't as though he was someone that fans just gravitated to like they have with Tek or Trot. Even Papi's popularity is due to his megawatt smile and his ability to jack one over the Monster, not a publicity tour or some mad genius wipping up a brilliant PR scheme. But with Damon, it just got to be too much. "Face of the Red Sox, people! Get your face of the Red Sox, right here!" It felt calculated.

And now, it appears, it was. ...

Red: Mr. Damon, you are dead to me.

Steve: Hey, didn't we used to have a baseball team in this town?

Tony: Why is there so much fuss about a baseball player leaving a team?

It's just business after all.

Sully thanks Damon for Game 7 and other memorable moments but adds:

...[T]hank the Good Lord we didn't sign this deal. Warning signs for Damon abound. For starters, he's 32. The Yankees have committed $52 million for Damon's 32-35 seasons. Remember, he's a centerfielder who derives much of his value from his ability to cover ground like a gazelle in centerfield. He does not have Jim Edmonds' power, a characteristic more likely to stick with an aging player. There are also performance issues at the plate with Damon. On the road from 2002-2004, he hit an unspectacular .278/.340/.433. In 2005, he hit .298/.342/.438. In his last two seasons, two of his three best as a pro, he has seen his numbers greatly inflated by a high batting average at Fenway Park. A lifetime .290 hitter, he batted .334 at Fenway in 2005 and .330 in 2004. I heard Johnny Damon speaking on Boston's local CBS affiliate last night and he mentioned that the Sox "just didn't step up." Well in this particular instance, I have to say I am glad they didn't. ...

Shanna: Demon trade.

Jody: A sad, sad day:

... I'm not so sad about Johnny "no Arm" leaving as I am that this really just removes the last remaining poster boy of the 2004 team (assuming Manny is going somewhere else). ...

Amy: AHHHHHHHHRGHGHHHRHH&%$@!!!!!!:

... Fucking Scott Boras! 12/21 is already the longest and worst day of the year and now the Yankees are going to take another Red Sock with perfectly good hair and make him look like one of their automatrons. WHY? What is the Yankee payroll going to be next year, 500 million?? ... Meanwhile, I'll be looking forward to a season of being a Dodgers fan.

Jay notes Larry Lucchino's role in the failed Damon negotiations:

... Larry seems stunned by the move. Tick tock. Larry was personally in charge of the negotiations. Tick tock. Owners are 'disappointed' again. Tick Tock. ...

Amy: Johnny Damon is a Stupid Bitch:

... Enjoy watching Jeter and A-Rod get fellated by the media in New York while you sit in the corner, cold and alone, rubbing one out to the memories of Game 7 of the ALCS in 2004. Donate your hair to Locks of Love, put your condo on the market, take your dumb-ass wife and get the hell out. Let the dirt dogs like Youks and Trot and Tek play some fucking baseball instead of trying to launch an additional career on the hearts of a baseball-crazed city. Stupid, stupid bitch. ...

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