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Brent Burns wrote:Second, it is going to be interesting to see what he looks like without a beard and his renowned long hair.

Timbalaned wrote:dont know how to insert pictures if someone wants to do that.

Sonny wrote:

Timbalaned wrote:dont know how to insert pictures if someone wants to do that.

Use the IMG tag. Read about it in the FAQ (linked at the top of the board):
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Practice your image posting in the Test Drive Forum....

laxfan25 wrote:Quite geeky looking without the hair and beard. I'm sure his female posse will be disheartened.
I can only believe that it Theo Epstein was still at the Sox he wouldn't have let Big George steal his player (for $54M!)
As someone mentioned, other players have jumped from the Sox to the Yankees - no big deal. After all, when Babe Ruth switched sides it didn't affect the Sox at all! (Thank god the Curse of the Bambino has been laid to rest.)
My only hope is that a small-market, small salary team finds a way to keep George from buying another championship - that's the best!
As a life-long Sox fan, now that they've gotten their long-sought championship I really don't care all that much what happens. I can die a contented man.

Brent Burns wrote:I know Gregg Pathiakis and other Bosox diehards will not be thrilled about this

Gregg Pathiakis wrote:You got that right. Lots of people are asking if he'll be booed or cheered for at his first appearence in pinstripes at Fenway. Not a question in my mind. The loudest boos will be coming from my seats.

CATLAX MAN wrote:

Gregg Pathiakis wrote:You got that right. Lots of people are asking if he'll be booed or cheered for at his first appearence in pinstripes at Fenway. Not a question in my mind. The loudest boos will be coming from my seats.

It's not his fault. He stated many times that he wanted to be with the Sox. They failed to make a competitive offer. If you're going to boo someone, look at your team management & ownership, they are the bad guys here.

Gregg Pathiakis wrote:I disagree. The offer the Sox gave him may have not been as good as the Yankees' offer, but for the type of player he is, is was a good offer. He hoped the fact that the fans loved him that the Red Sox would beat any offer from another team, but that's not a good business decision. I would guess he has the worst arm of any center fielder in baseball, maybe just a tad better than the man he is taking over for (Williams). He's a good lead-off hitter, but not the best.

CATLAX MAN wrote:

Gregg Pathiakis wrote:I disagree. The offer the Sox gave him may have not been as good as the Yankees' offer, but for the type of player he is, is was a good offer. He hoped the fact that the fans loved him that the Red Sox would beat any offer from another team, but that's not a good business decision. I would guess he has the worst arm of any center fielder in baseball, maybe just a tad better than the man he is taking over for (Williams). He's a good lead-off hitter, but not the best.

OK, let me see if I understand this correctly. He should have given up millions of dollars in compensation to stay with the Sox because he has the worst arm in baseball and he is only a good lead off hitter, not the best. He should have realized all this and accepted less money than the Yankees were offering so that makes it a bad business decision on his part, not on the Red Sox part.

Hoo boy. That's a good one. Can you say bitter Red Sox fan?

Okay, here is my take on the whole situation. My main concern is that I’m hoping that Sox didn’t get caught with their pants down on this one. By that I hope they weren’t prepared to give Damon more money than the Yankees if they thought he would really leave. I hope they didn’t think he was bluffing because that would just be bad. However if this was strictly a business decision where the Sox felt they couldn’t match the Yankee’s offer without hamstringing themselves for the future than I have no problem with it. And I don’t hate Johnny Damon for going to the Yanks because this is exactly what I would expect him to do. I’ve always kind of thought that Damon was a jerk and the only thing he cared about was money and that stripper wife of his who he definitely cheats on. I firmly believe that the Sox could have offered 4 years for 52 million and if the Yankees offered 4 years for 52 million and 10 cents he would have gone to NY. It was all about the money. Damon has no loyalty to the Red Sox or the fans. Don’t get me wrong I don’t feel bad for Sox management because they are every bit as ruthless as the players. Just look what they did to Nomar. The bottom-line is that baseball is a business. The players don’t care about the fans. The owners don’t care about the fans. Nobody cares about the fans except the fans. Therefore, I don’t care about the players or owners either. I just root for the laundry. I’m not rooting for Johnny Damon or Edgar Renteria or Kevin Millar. I’m rooting for all my buddies and everybody around here who have grown up with me watching the Sox. It doesn’t matter if we have robots playing MLB in 10 years as long as there is still Boston robots vs. New York robots, I’ll be a fan. That’s honestly how I look at things now in baseball. So in the end I’m going to reserve judgment on the Damon situation until we see what the Sox do with his money. But as far as him leaving town on an emotional level I could care less.