Johnny Damon

I was thinking back this afternoon as I watched the Yankees win there second game in what seems like a month.  I was thinking about that team in 96, thinking about the lineup, the rotation and the pen.  I don't remember it containing any superstars, do you?  I mean this was the New York Yankees, yet with Mattingly having retired, Henderson playing elsewhere, and Winfield long gone, who was the "big name, big time" bat in the lineup? Tartabull? Nope, Barfield? please.

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give ARod and Giambi protection in the five or six hole, and is needed more than ever in left with Johnny Damon's shoulder issues. Posada can hit pretty well, but can't throw, so even when he was in the game, other teams ran rampant--Jose Molina and Chad Moeller are decent defensive replacements, but can't match Jorge's bat.

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The New York Yankees couldnt wait to get the allstar break. Of 32 ab's this afternoon only 7 went past 3 pitches. That means that 25 at bats were three pitches or less. That is an unbelievable stat

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sed-door meeting among coaches and players—reportedly, manager Joe Girardi spoke, followed by Johnny Damon and captain Derek Jeter. In a postgame news conference, Girardi repeatedly (and sometimes heatedly) refused to reveal what was said in the meeting, although the gist of the discussion was obvious: the can’t-lose Yankees have been losing.

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Now that Matsui is going to be out for a while, why not give Justin Christian a chance to play everyday in left field? Damon could be the DH and play LF whenever Christian gives Cabrera and Abreu a da

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NOTES:

Johnny Damon's hit streak ended at 14 games

Melky Cabrera's RBI single in the 8th inning plated the Yankees only run

Rasner's eight innings were a career high

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een managing NL style and AL style and just about every time he tries something it backfires.  Johnny Damon up, 1st and 2nd, no one out and he doesn’t bunt the runners over and take 2 chances at tying the game with Cano and Abreu up next?  That’s terrible.  Of course last night he called a hit and run that worked perfectly and pinch-hit Cano in the 8th and he won the game so things look OK now but still, he was awful over the weekend.

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e sweepstakes is directly tied to the fortunes of two over-the-hill leftfielders, Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon.

As Yankee fans know, the Bombers' best-case scenario has Jason Giambi back in the lineup as a full-time first baseman, so Matsui and Damon can share time in left and at DH. All these guys are lefties, so there's no lefty/righty platoon involved. In fact, Damon is only a factor because he's presumably the team's best leadoff hitter.

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