Thursday, February 11, 2010

Damon to the Tigers?

All of you baseball fans have no doubt been following the seemingly never-ending saga of where OF Johnny Damon's free agency would finally land him. Well, tonight, it's looking like that location will be Motown. Just read that the Tigs have offered either a 1 -yr. 7 mil or 2-yr. 14 mil offer; finding mixed reports on the terms and conditions. Either way, Detroit gets itself a lead-off man and some star power, and, for myself, I get a baseball fan's dream come true: my favorite player putting on the hometown uniform! I've been a huge Damon fan since he broke into the league with the Royals back in '95, where he spent 6 seasons developing into one of the games top lead-off men. I followed him in Oakland for the 2001 season, then wept tears of joy when he was baptised into Red Sox Nation where he spent four solid years and helped Beantown "remove the curse"! Sure, I was a little bitter when he departed in 2006 to join the Evil Empire in the Bronx, but I still enjoyed seeing him continue his success. Now, 4 years later, he could be becoming a Detroit Tiger. The baseball Gods sure move in mysterious ways...

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