Johnny Damon

What about Bellhorn? He doesn't even look cool.:-)

yeah Damon is the Yankee's MVP. Besides the lack of hitting, how about his inability to make any play in the field besides the routine fly.

Agree with you, lh.

This guy turns routine plays into triples. He is BRUTAL as an outfielder.

And has the worst swing in baseball.

The Samson-thing just isn't working anymore...

Isnt funny how the Red Sox now that they are not winning vs the Yanks are called "motley", "dirty" etc

All year while winning they were fine

Damon is being seen by many for the first time and all they have seen is bad Damon--- he is not tthe greatest outfielder but is not as bad as he has shown-- and I have seen him play all year not just in the past few games on National TV

Looks like the Sox need an Extreme Makeover, speaking of physical appearances of course. Damon looks like he got lost on the way to the 60's, Pedro needs a new 'do, Ramirez could go along with Pedro.

Now we know why they didn't land A-Rod. He looked too conformist.

Damon cut his har Saturday. You didn't notice? Hmm. The poor guy collided so hard with a 2nd baseman last year he got a very bad concussion and missed alot of time. He deals with migranes because of it.

As TR said, he is having a horrible ALCS after a fantastic year. Without him, they would be watching the playoffs on TV.

Looks like all the red sox could use a haircut and a shave. Probably a bath too. However, I remember the Oakland A's back in the day, when they had mustaches and beards, and everyone was making the same comments. And they were pretty good. Regardless of how they look, the Red Sox have heart, after last nights game they certainly are not or should not be looked upon as losers. Hey with Pedro going tonight, and Schilling cleared to pitch game six, you gotta believe.

Nothing better than a Red Sox-Evil Empire game! (And I'm an O's-But-Soon-To_be-A-Fan-of-The-Expos-or-Whatever-There-Name-Is" fan

Despite all the critiques that have been offered remember this...that stadium has been filled to bulging each and every game with many more spending cold long nights outside trying to get a ticket...they have provided to all of us here a summer of fun and entertainment...they are not your sterotypical BB players...but the fans and the Media have had a great time especially playing Jesus Christ Superstar when Johnny Damon comes to bat...this is a BB town and has been for many years and we do not have people that just jump on the wagon for playoffs...they could fill 3 stadiums here with the amount of people who would give their right arm to go to a game...they must be doing something right

they do a lot of things right, especially cranking Dirty Water when they win. Nothing like it after an Ortiz walk-off bomb.

Seeing Damon pick up the homerun ball that had been tossed back onto the field and throw it completely out of the park back into Landsdowne was classic! What a riot!

Damon is a gamer and I want him on my team.

catchermom03

The camera man is doing an excellent job of capturing the emotions of the Red Sox's fans.
They are awesome!

Wow, talk about a '60's flashback; judgements on the guys' hair. As if personal appearance has anything to do with it...and the phrase is 'personal' appearnace, so I guess it's their business. I've thoroughly enjoyed them this season, and was unhappy they seemed to run out of gas, particularly our Johnny. (He graduated from my son's school, came back to work out before every ST, and contributed heavily to the program....still wearing his old hs number as well.)

Remember when Giambi was all tatoos, hair, and mad dog....then signed with the Yankees and turned into an investment banker?

Just all part of the sizzle surrounding the pro game. The Sox fans love 'em, and that's all that counts.

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Hair or no hair, I think Yankee fans love him right now also.

Hitting 1-18 - out of the leadoff spot. Ouch!

I agree firing the ball back over the wall was classic, and I root for anyone playing the Yankees. Individually, some fine gentlemen in large part, but collectively, the Evil Empire. (See also the Big Mac Principal, Derivative 1: "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and much more distasteful too".)

I should give Damon et als a flier as in college, I got my hair cut every three months, whether it needed it or not, but I personally don't like long hair flowing out from under a baseball hat. It doesn't mean they aren't fine players or fine guys, they just need a trim in my humble opinion.

BTW, The ump that put the ball in his pocket likely has it on Ebay by now.......

I prefer a bald dude hitting about .380 - or even a crew cut guy hitting .350.

The Tarzan look doesnt work well when you are hitting .056

It really doesn't matter to me. But...I don't think it is "personal" appearance. As a matter of fact, I believe it is the teams decision. Some teams have rules about facial hair and such. I think the yankees, reds, etc do have team rules about no facial hair. So to call it "personal appearance" is not really true.

Im more concerned with his inability to get a bunt down or a hit right now.

That is one ugly swing! ...even on pitches he takes, he has to "catch" himself to keep from falling across the plate. Has to have great hand-eye to salvage that.
He also had the mini-curse put on him by the announcer, mentioning he's the best bunter on the team...followed promptly by the poop up.

Ah, but it was a Fox announcer who said it; could the Red Sox fans let the rest of us know if it is one of Johnny's skills?

Over at the NLCS we've been none too impressed with the commentary or their familiarity with the teams. For example, they've gone on repeatedly about how "Jeff Suppan can handle the bat, he had a .270 average during the regular season". Our Jeff got his first hit of the season in August, I believe, and closed out the season at .070. This, of course, made his two hits in Game 2 really funny!

McCarver sucks as a commentator

"Baseball is a game of inch." - Tim McCarver

Thats too deep for me.

Yeah---deep in his own dribble babble. He drives me batty!

my hubby thinks Johnny should be taken out of the lineup for his BA...makes you wonder...he hasn't contributed much although he did score the winning run off of Ortiz's hit last night

I don't think you can take Damon out of the lineup. But this horrendous slump is particularly ugly because it couldn't come at a worse time. It was painful to see him and Bellhorn slumping at the same time. Moving Bellhorn to 9th seems to have worked, so maybe JD should drop to 2nd and have Cabrera lead off.

To Damon's credit, despite not being able to hit a bear in the butt with a bass fiddle, I haven't seen him bark at an umpire, throw his helmet or any of that stuff. It's got to be tough to stay in control when you're just awful on such a big stage.

I have to agree about Damons swing. But some of the other sox are not much better. Everything you would not want your son to imitate some of these guys do. But hey there in the league arn't they. It just proves that the notion that there is one way to hit is bull. Saying that hitting is not an exact science is an understatement to say the least.

Every year at least one player has a pitiful playoff or world series

I recall when Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers had an o for -------- World series-- the Brooklyn Fans were saying novenas for him

Keep in mind Damon his over .300 this year and was a catalyst in their late season surge to the playoffs

Coach May, nobody said there is only one way to hit.......You made this up, yourself.......You wrote, produced, and directed the script by hearing one thing and thinking you heard something else........Everyone knows there are lots of ways to swing a bat....And, there are, also, lots of ways to hit......The problem is, most of them don't hold up under pressure.....And, Damon's swing is one of those......

Bonds had the same problem as Damon in 90,91,92,2000 and 2003. Does that mean his swing does not hold up under pressure either?

Doggie,

Damon's swing held up good enough to be a MLB player - in front of a national audience of millions.

You, on the other hand, are a cyber coach posting from your posterior in front of a computer screen.

Think about that for a second.

bbscout

I get a kick out of watching Damon swing almost straight down and hit the ball directly into the ground in front of home plate.........when his timing is good.

He's actually very good at what he's doing.

Question is.....why does he want to do that?

As usual - snide innuendo - but factually lost at sea.

Heres why Johnny does that. Apparently - about 61 of his "ground balls" bounced into the Gap or over the fence.
The other 128 ground balls were base hits. Those "grounders" also drove in 94 runs from the leadoff spot.


G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB OBP SLG AVG
150 621 123 189 35 6 20 94 296 76 71 19 .380 .477 .304

Such pure and utter nonsense.

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Originally posted by Teacherman:
bbscout

I get a kick out of watching Damon swing almost straight down and hit the ball directly into the ground in front of home plate.........when his timing is good.

He's actually very good at what he's doing.

Question is.....why does he want to do that?

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Ahhh... The old "Baltimore Chop". With the way that they groom the area in front of home plate now, it's not nearly as effective as it used to be. You need to have that ground packed down to the consistency and hardness of granite for it to be really effective.

Take his speed away and he's lucky to hit .250. Maybe not a major leaguer.

Fix his swing and he could hit .350.

It's physcially impossible to consistently time pitchers with his mechanics.

When Leiber is pitching they opt NOT to groom the area in front of home plate.

Regarding Damon.....he did it ALL year long!
Last year when Soriano stuggled post-season it was Rick Down's fault. I guess we have to
assign blame to Jackson in the interest of consistancy? LOL

Yeah, right - I know - we dont really see what we see. Damon has about 700 hits in the last 4 seasons.

And if he had crab claws instead of arms he would be hitting .120.

Fix his swing. LOL