I suspect those who actually play the Red Sox/Yankees games don't have the same feeling for them that the fans do. So I can see that Damon never really understood what all the fuss was about.
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't blame him if he's upset at the team. They made him a lowball "take > it or leave it" offer, then a year later offered basically the same money to > Julio Freaking Lugo. (Think about it -- they offered him $40m/4 years -- and > then a year later threw $36m/4 years at Lugo. That screams "insult." And > don't get me started on $70m/5 years for JD "Ow! My hammy!" Drew.) > > If he's upset at the fans, he's naive. He had to know when he signed for New > York that Sox fans would turn on him. And after signing down there, it's not > as if he could come back and say, "I'd have signed in Boston for $X" to > paint the Sox in a bad light. That's not exactly the way to ingratiate > yourself with the new employer. > > ________________________________ > From: "Beaudoin, John" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, August 24, 2010 4:20:32 PM > Subject: Re: Damon Claimed on Waivers > > He's just a dumb jock. > No harm. > I cheered when he came back. > Anyone who booed is just an angry person. > Schilling's wife isn't around any more. So Damon's stripper wife won't have > that to worry about. > > What's the big deal? > > Doesn't he have a press guy? > Doesn't he understand that if he came back and contributed, then he'd be > welcomed? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue Aug 24 13:14:48 2010 > Subject: Re: Damon Claimed on Waivers > > Dear Johnny, > > Please grow a pair. > > Thanks! > > Ray > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear Johnny, >> >> Stop being such a damn wus and quit breaking the broken hearted card. >> >> >> “I had a great time playing there,’’ Damon said. “But I think once it was >> apparent that I wasn’t a necessity to re-sign there, it started to get >> ugly. >> And that’s why I’ve got to think long and hard. I have to think if they do >> have a strong chance to make the playoffs with the guys so beat-up there. >> I >> have to think long and hard if I’m going to once again be probably one of >> the nicest guys in baseball, but be once again the most hated guy in >> baseball. That’s what it boils down to. You guys see how I get booed in >> every ballpark already.’’ >> >> The booing Sox fans gave him when he left for the Yankees took its toll. >> Damon always has been hurt by the reception he received when he first >> returned to play in Boston, after all the good he did here. He was the >> engine that drove the ’04 squad, a team leader. When he returned with the >> Tigers in late July he didn’t play all weekend because of a bad back and >> missed the chance to receive an ovation now that he was a Tiger and not in >> pinstripes. >> >> >> We're fans. Not friends. What did you want us to do? >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Larry Rupp <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Well... We DO need an OFer to backup Nava, Kalish and Hall when he's not >>> playing 2nd. (I can't believe I'm saying this...) >>> >>> Sent from Larry's mobile device >>> On Aug 23, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Sheesh, I was only kidding, but now it is being reported that it IS the >>> Sox that claimed him! >>> >>> Dan D >>> Central NJ USA >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> >>> To: redsoxcitizens <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Mon, August 23, 2010 3:04:05 PM >>> Subject: Damon Claimed on Waivers >>> >>> Wonder if the Sox put in the claim? ;-) >>> >>> >>> >>> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/08/23/damon.tigers/index.html?eref=sihp >>> >>> Dan D >>> Central NJ USA >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Author of "FPGA Simulation: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide" > www.fpgasimulation.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- Author of "FPGA Simulation: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide" www.fpgasimulation.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. 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