July 26, 2007
AND FOLKS WONDER WHY THE NATION DIDN'T MIND LETTING HIM AND PEDRO WALK?:
YANKEES BUZZ (Dan Graziano, 7/26/07, Newark Star Ledger)
The Yankees have been calling a few teams to see if they'd be interested in taking center fielder Johnny Damon off their hands. One of those teams is the Braves, whose answer (according to an official with one of the teams involved, who requested anonymity because he was talking about deals that weren't completed) was that they liked Damon, "but not at that price." Damon is signed through 2009 at $13 million per season, and if the Yankees were to trade him, which they technically could if they believe Jason Giambi is coming back soon from his foot injury, they'd probably have to chip in a good chunk of that salary.Posted by Orrin Judd at July 26, 2007 11:16 AM
yanks within 6.5 of the Sox. A repeat of last year, where the Yanks were well behind but caught by end of August and strolled to the division, seems to be playing itself out again this year.
Posted by: AWW at July 26, 2007 1:20 PMDon't remind Orrin. He's trying to pretend that the Mariners are catching up, not the hated Bombers. New York has already cut eight games off the lead in less than two months. Oh well, there's always 2004.
Halfway seriously, my bet is that both the Sox and Yanks make the postseason. TV execs are hoping the same.
Posted by: Casey Abell at July 26, 2007 3:45 PMThe Yankees have played well during the easy part of their schedule. They certainly look like a .500 team these days. They won't starting August 10th, when they have 17 games in 20 days against the three division winners. They don't have the pitching to match up.
Posted by: oj at July 26, 2007 6:23 PM