Johnny Damon has a more than fair offer on the table from Detroit: one year for $7 million.á If that's not enough, he has a second offer from Detroit for an additional year and an additional $7 million.á He's old, he has the arm strength of an eight-year-old girl, and yet he is still not signing on the dotted line.á Detroit just isn't enough.á
Ian Casselberry of Mlive suggests, as does Steve Kornacki, that it may be his wife's doing.á It doesn't really matter to me.á If you don't want to play in Detroit, you aren't welcome here.á When there were no offers on the table, Johnny and his agent couldn't speak highly enough of the Tigers.á But now it seems that was all a ruse to create a market for his services.á The Detroit Tigers ...
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Johnny Damon: The Detroit Tigers Are Better off without You and Your Ego
Posted: 17th February 2010 by Mitch Meyle in MLBComments Off on Johnny Damon: The Detroit Tigers Are Better off without You and Your Ego