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Joe "MVP of the 2005 Playoffs and World Series" Crede or Steve Perry -- both could sit in the booth with Hawk...

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 17, 2010 -> 01:48 PM) Believe what you will, but casual fans count and there will be a bump in ticket sales if Damon signs. Much more than a Juan Pierre trade or Alex Rios pick up....... FWIW, Hawk has confirmed the golf story. He apparently would love the Sox to add Damon. Completely agree with this statement. Would enhance the buzz in the media about this team, pop ticket sales, etc. The guy's a winner, fan favorite, clubhouse favorite, fits the profile of the team... Quote in the '05 ALDS after they lost to the Sox, "they remind me a lot of us last year" -- he wants it! Would be so awesome. Maybe Alex will agree to give back some of his undeserved salary to make it happen. Loved watching the Bekins moving truck loading at US Cellular today...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 17, 2010 -> 12:53 PM) I can't see this team going with Damon and Kotsay as its only backup OF's. Not if they care about defense at all. Not with how Ozzie likes using righty/lefty matchups, not with Quentin's injury history and Rios's struggles. Damon will be the DH

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Feb 11, 2010 -> 07:40 PM) more importantly, do the Sox really need him? ABSOLUTELY - are you kidding?

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Feb 11, 2010 -> 09:46 PM) I get the Yankee Stadium thing, but our park's pretty home run happy. And honestly, even if Damon hits 0 HR's, he's a more productive hitter than Mark Kotsay. Damon has hit .298 with 5 home runs in US Cellular

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 11, 2010 -> 09:25 PM) I'm just worried that a lot of that better-ness may be related to the Yankee stadium. Like it or not, he's actually quite a bit older than Kotsay. Are you SERIOUSLY suggesting you would not rather have Johnny Damon than Kotsay??!??!??!?!?!?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 1, 2010 -> 03:52 PM) um... it said an AL team OTHER THAN the Twins, in ADDITION TO the Indians and Rockies. So the mystery team is someone else. I'd be all for the Sox going there. Completely agree with you, love that guy -- also a great guy, but according to Hot Stove, the Indians are going to sign him. Would have been more interesting to sign him, keep Beckham at 3B and not have done the trade for MT, but...

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 1, 2010 -> 02:40 PM) oh, and Ryan F. Garko signed with the Mariners, 1 year, $550k. Kotchman/Garko at 1B? That's pretty damn solid. Agree. M's looking solid...

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 1, 2010 -> 02:36 PM) And Johnny Damon doesn't offer any flexibility that the Sox don't have. Oz obviously loves Kotsay, so he's going to stick with him as a big part of the platoon, and Kotsay has the capability to play the OF. For what it's worth, the Rockies, Indians, and "some other American League team who is not the Twins" also has interest in Orlando Hudson. He supposedly had a contract in place with the Nationals with a $3 mill base plus incentives. It could be 11 other teams, but I figure it's worth mentioning. The Indians...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 31, 2010 -> 05:29 PM) Who in the heck buys tickets to see Johnny Damon??? Band wagon fans when they are playing .600 ball. He is also an embodiment of Ozzie ball, grinder rules, etc (so long as he is the DH)

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Jan 31, 2010 -> 02:55 PM) So, maybe we should all email KW and promise to each spend an extra amount of money on the White Sox this year in order to guarantee the funds necessary to pay Damon? Or we can just have him bill us via paypal and pay up front. Signing him would easily pay for itself in-terms of television interest, t-shirt and ticket sales... I'll also throw $20 into your pay pal account if you contribute those pants and the free bowl of soup that came with them...

http://www.johnnydamon.com Tell him to get Boras to sign a deal with us ... Pretty good looking couch btw.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 01:48 PM) ... all is NOT well

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 08:41 PM) I wonder what Damon adds to those projections.... A World Series title

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 05:18 PM) Yeah looks like the Rays are swooping in at 7mil for him. Rays Interested In Johnny Damon By Mark Polishuk [January 27 at 3:41pm CST] The Rays have interest in Johnny Damon as a DH candidate, reports Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Sherman says the Rays are considering Damon even if they can't unload Pat Burrell. Sherman's sources believe Damon would be willing to play for $7MM, partially deferred. Too bad... UGH

QUOTE (BFirebird @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 04:06 PM) OBP is definitely a HUGE issue with this team. Even with the changes they have made. Until they sign Johnny Damon

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 06:57 PM) Konks? Please never use that "nickname" ever again. Also, why is the title "Career/Season Earnings"? This has nothing to do with any season(s), it's strictly career. I would love to see the highest career-to-seasons earnings though, (basically highest average salary over a career). Sorry, the post would have been too long, so I took off the highest seasons... You can go to baseball reference and check it out. You like King KONK better?

Highest Career Total Salaries * Source Baseball Reference.com 1. Alex Rodriguez $231,416,252 2. Barry Bonds $188,245,322 3. Manny Ramirez $186,112,763 4. Derek Jeter $182,830,000 5. Randy Johnson $175,550,019 6. Gary Sheffield $168,008,550 7. Greg Maddux $153,845,000 8. Ken Griffey $149,353,682 9. Carlos Delgado $146,299,000 10. Pedro Martinez $146,259,585 11. Mike Mussina $144,533,619 12. Jim Thome $136,961,667 13. John Smoltz $135,595,446 14. Kevin Brown $130,890,502 15. Tom Glavine $129,639,293 16. Jason Giambi $129,058,996 17. Jeff Bagwell $128,134,019 18. Chipper Jones $127,552,133 19. Mike Hampton $124,550,270 20. Sammy Sosa $124,068,000 21. Roger Clemens $121,001,000 22. Mike Piazza $120,176,002 23. Ivan Rodriguez $116,573,932 24. Mariano Rivera $114,530,125 25. Curt Schilling $114,158,000 26. Andy Pettitte $113,582,416 27. Todd Helton $113,540,000 28. Vladimir Guerrero $112,430,000 29. Larry Walker $110,363,431 30. Magglio Ordonez $105,644,770 31. Frank Thomas $104,634,000 32. Bernie Williams $103,100,001 33. Andruw Jones $102,933,410 34. Shawn Green $100,616,066 35. Mo Vaughn $100,405,001 36. Bobby Abreu $97,379,666 37. Albert Belle $97,376,294 38. Johnny Damon $97,189,000 39. Carlos Beltran $96,055,777 40. Scott Rolen $94,751,973 41. Ichiro Suzuki $93,131,483 42. Jason Schmidt $91,969,248 43. Jorge Posada $91,258,500 44. Rafael Palmeiro $89,295,996 45. Juan Gonzalez $87,037,500 46. Jeff Kent $86,250,617 47. Billy Wagner $86,133,000 48. Moises Alou $85,983,474 49. Jim Edmonds $85,572,907 50. Chan Ho Park $84,256,945 51. Miguel Tejada $82,862,658 52. Kenny Rogers $82,665,500 53. Craig Biggio $82,165,500 54. Brian Giles $81,023,667 55. Javier Vazquez $80,910,000 56. J.D. Drew $80,091,688 57. Torii Hunter $79,555,000 58. Lance Berkman $79,505,000 59. Matt Williams $78,860,000 60. Barry Larkin $78,467,500 61. Nomar Garciaparra $78,467,394 62. Adrian Beltre $78,140,000 63. Paul Konerko $77,790,000 64. Jason Kendall $77,430,364 65. Troy Glaus $77,189,500 66. Kevin Millwood $76,667,793 67. Roberto Alomar $76,603,815 68. Garret Anderson $75,973,000 69. Albert Pujols $74,936,088 70. Jermaine Dye $74,874,001 71. Jamie Moyer $74,867,500 72. Mark McGwire $74,688,354 73. Carlos Lee $73,775,000 74. Roy Halladay $73,241,666 75. Hideki Matsui $73,000,000 76. Edgar Renteria $72,864,500 77. Trevor Hoffman $72,809,000 78. Mike Sweeney $72,143,000 79. Derrek Lee $70,987,001 80. Tim Salmon $70,677,500 81. Aramis Ramirez $70,535,000 82. Bartolo Colon $69,880,000 83. Cal Ripken $69,850,001 84. Richie Sexson $68,741,000 85. John Olerud $68,243,667 86. Steve Finley $68,151,344 87. Al Leiter $68,100,100 88. Ray Durham $67,204,000 89. Robin Ventura $67,135,000 90. David Cone $66,947,501 91. Raul Mondesi $66,470,000 92. Alfonso Soriano $65,960,000 93. Fred McGriff $65,860,818 94. Kevin Appier $65,743,750 95. Chuck Finley $65,504,063 96. Derek Lowe $65,417,000 97. Luis Gonzalez $65,393,259 98. Johan Santana $64,707,855 99. Mike Lowell $63,956,000 100. Darren Dreifort $63,882,000

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 03:15 PM) Basically, he's put up an .820 OPS and a 110 OPS+ over the past decade with a .360ish OBP. I'll grant you he's consistent. But he's no where near "One of the most productive players in MLB". If no one's out there giving him that kind of money than he's not going to get it. Uhhhmmmm speed?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 03:00 AM) I'm not sure I'd pay him more than the other available DH's if he doesn't have the Yankee Stadium to help his bat. Are you out of your mind??? The Cell is not exactly the old Tiger Stadium... Damon is one of the most consistent/productive players in MLB: Year AB R H HR RBI BB SB BA OBP SLG Projected 2010 528 95 152 17 69 60 14 0.2879 0.3605 0.4394 3-year Average 546 98 156 18 72 67 23 0.2857 0.3647 0.4505 Lock him into a $5base, incentive-heavy deal with the oppy to make $10+

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 07:36 PM) We do? Here i was calling him by his name all this time! I've been had! You must sit in the expensive seats...

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 07:29 PM) You are like a broken record on him, and why do you keep calling him "Juanny"? I know and I apologize. Keep hoping if I say it enough that it will come true. Call him Juanny because I live out east and that's what they call him... he's a stud^3

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 07:10 PM) on the bright side, at least he'll get a classier response on a return to Chicago than he did to Cleveland. Let's retire his number a la Harold ...

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 07:20 PM) Who gets the extra-spot on the bench? I'd bet you that unless Retherford hits hiss ass off in spring, it would be Lillibridge. Does that sound worth losing a spot in the pen for? Juanny Damon

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 06:47 PM) I look forward to seeing Thome swing and miss at every high fastball that is thrown to him by Thornton He gawwn!!