Johnny Damon
Johnny Damon
Johnny David Damonis an American professional baseball outfielder who began playing in Major League Baseballin 1995. He last played in 2012, though he has not officially retired. In his MLB career, Damon has played for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Tampa Bay Raysand Cleveland Indians. Damon also played for the Thailand national baseball team and was a member of the squad for the 2013 World Baseball Classic qualifiers...
balls no-excuses excuse
There is no excuse for not catching a ball you can get to.
want being-the-best our-time
I want to be the best leadoff hitter of our time.
want behinds
The biggest thing I want is for the hitter coming up behind me to get a good pitch to hit.
drinking beer weight
I'm gaining weight the right way: I'm drinking beer.
bad booing good uniform
You know they're booing a uniform now. They don't boo bad players. They boo good players.
games hopefully lose three time yankees
We're three games up. We know this isn't going to be over any time soon. All we can do is go out and play to win, and hopefully the Yankees lose some games before they come see us.
momentum slow win
We need to win tomorrow. We have to slow down the momentum they have and give us a chance.
break happy sit smile smiles
You kind of just sit back and smile and say, 'Whatever you want to do, you're not going to break me or my character. I'm very happy with the person that I am, the way I play this game.
control good raise treat
You'll never see me be mad. I can't control that. I can control the way I raise my kids, how I treat my wife, my family, friends and teammates. It's all in good fun. It's a game, and that's how I look at it.
anymore caught countries expect few field gloves great onto passed players throw
We can't just throw our gloves out onto the field anymore and expect to win. The world has caught up. A few countries may have passed us. There are great players from all over the planet.
close push runs win
We need to know how to win close games, and this was close most of the way. We need to know how to push runs across.
frustrated hit plenty score season
We will score runs. We just hit a little dry-spell Yeah, we're frustrated we're 1-4, frustrated that we just lost, but there's plenty of season to go.
average carry great hitting looks player team
To me, he looks like the player he was in Oakland. He's hitting for average and power. It's great to see because he can carry a team when he's on like that.
although clicked hopefully single special tonight tough
Tonight was a special night. Everything just clicked really well. Hopefully we can do that every single night, although we know that's going to be pretty tough to do.