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...
cheers fans felt heard regardless
Regardless of the reaction, I felt like a lot of fans wanted to see it. I heard more cheers than jeers.
chasing feels incredible tough yankees
It all feels tough still. It's not just the Yankees chasing us, it's all the wild-card teams, too. It's been an incredible race.
changed clicking definitely exciting game momentum needed seemed
It definitely changed the momentum of the game. It got pretty exciting there. We definitely needed a game like this one. It seemed like we weren't clicking today.
enjoying goal good hit knowing letting pass speech talked
I thought Joe's introductory speech really hit home. He talked about enjoying the game, not letting it pass you by, knowing we do have a good team. That's why the goal here is getting to the World Series.
eyes knows runs shut
Just keep them there, we'll get the runs back, ... Bronson knows the look in our eyes when we come in between innings. We tell him, shut them down because we're going to get them tonight.
bone five great love mean
Manny is a great person. I love him, and he doesn't have a mean bone in his body. But he's been there five years, and sometimes it is too much for him.
care contract everybody reaching taken time wants win
I'm here to play baseball. The contract stuff, that's something that may have and could have been taken care of a long time ago. But I'm out to win right now. Everybody wants to know about my contract status. All I want to know about is reaching the playoffs. That's about it.
falls guys hitting scoring
Just not hitting with guys in scoring position. It falls to our hitters.
agreed boston bright caught contract declined great heard honest might red stories time today wish
It caught me by surprise. I kind of heard stories that him and Boston had agreed on a contract and what not, and I hear today that he declined and he might just take some time off. Theo is a very bright guy. I'll always wish him the best. He was always honest with me and was great for the Red Sox.
embarrass last
I think it's going to be like the postseason. The last thing we want to do is embarrass our country.
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.
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.
breaks players position ready season spring start training
Spring training is too long anyway. I think this team, we're ready for the season to start right now, the position players anyway. It can be long and tedious, and this breaks it up.
bats gotten guys mode swinging
Some guys haven't gotten into the mode of swinging the bats real well.