Well....I...uh...I got nothin'. :) I do know that Johnny Damon was one of my favorite players until that book came out. When he compared himself, in print mind you, to Joe Dimaggio, my respect for him dropped a little bit. The rest, well, I just think it comes with the territory for an exceptional athlete. Not saying it's right, but how many of those stories do you hear every day?
Why won't KC spend the money? Are they cheap, or are the seats not fiiling up, or what? G wrote: >>JD is very well liked in my opinion. He's a good guy, not sure why you >>don't like him. Manny, well, I bet you'd find that as much bitching >>that Boston fans do about him, he's still a "character" on the team. >>He's just a goofy laid back guy, which rubs some the wrong way, but as a >>whole, he produces runs, and that's what this team is all about. It >>certainly isn't pitching. :) > > > Johnny Damon came up in the mid-90's with the Royals as this fresh faced, > clean-cut kid. He was billed as the next George Brett, the cornerstone of > the Royals teams to come. He married a local girl, settled in Kansas City, > and soon his wife gave birth to twins. He was the perfect face for a young > organization: a great player with an attractive persona, a wife and family, > community service projects galore, etc. > > Somewhere along the way, he decided to hire Scott Boras and go for as much > money as he could get. He stated that he wanted to be a "super star", and > that couldn't happen in Kansas City. When it happened in Boston, he decided > that he was going to live the "super star" life...and he did. He grew that > ridiculous beard, turned his back on his wife and children in order to > indulge in the womanizing that goes along with a "super star" life. > > You love him because he's a great hitter and plays a mean center field.....I > hate him because he's a money grubber who put his own selfish indulgences > ahead of his family. Damon's a rich, pampered asshole in all it's ugly > glory. > > (yeah, i know, i'm too passionate about this) > > >>I didn't know that they all were from KC, but that is interesting. Why >>did they get traded away? Bad management? See where I'm going with >>this one? ha ha! > > > Wow....only someone who's team plays in a big market could get away with > asking that question :) > > Dye, Beltran, and Damon all developed to the point where they were about to > become stars. Kansas City can't afford to pay stars. So we trade them for > the next batch of kids that we prepare to groom into stars...so that we can > trade them away for the next batch of......etc etc, on and on. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:179415 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
