"JUDAS DAMON"
"JOHNNY DEMON…6+6+6=18…YOU SOLD YOUR SOUL
TO THE DEVIL IN PINSTRIPES!"
"BENEDICT DAMON!"
"LOOKS LIKE JESUS. ACTS LIKE JUDAS. THROWS
LIKE MARY"
"DAMON: YOU ARE AN 'IDIOT!"
"DAMON SUCKS!"
"GO TO HELL DAMON. OH YOU'RE ALREADY THERE"
The signs were all over Fenway Park May
1. And nobody deserved it more than Johnny Damon.
"I don't want them to hate me. I don't
want them to think I'm a traitor."
Really Johnny? What were you expecting?
That you were going to be welcomed back with open arms?
A tickertape parade? The instant you put on pinstripes,
you became The Enemy. And what was that you said last
year about how you would NEVER sign with THEM? And some
believed your sincerity?
"People are saying stupid things about
me: 'I'm a traitor. All I care about is money. Not grateful.'
I know who I am. And I know I'm a good person."
Yeah, Johnny, us Red Sox fans know who,
or rather what you are. Sorry, Johnny. Once you put on
a Yankee uniform, you are lower than whale turd. Bronson
Arroyo…he turned down better offers to re-sign with the
Sox. Yeah, I know we still traded him to Cincy, but unlike
YOU, he did NOT want to leave Boston. He took LESS money
to stay put. No Johnny…you turned down more money than
any of us will ever see in our and our children's lifetime.
What you did sure sounded traitorous to us Sox fans.
"I did everything I could for that organization
and now they want to forget all of that?"
No, Johnny. Seemed YOU forgot all of that
when you decided to go THERE. Like Wade Boggs before you,
you SPIT in our faces. You THINK we are going to just
sweep that under the rug? At least when Clemens returned
to Fenway as a Blue Jay, he was given a hero's welcome;
fans knew it was because of then-GM Dan Duquette that
The Rocket left. It was when Clemens went to The Bronx
that he morphed into a jerk. Just like, as far as we are
concerned, you did too, Johnny.
Enjoy the fans throwing dollar bills at
you in center field? Like hearing "DAMON SUCKS" all night?
Great performance at the plate, Johnny. 0 for 4. And Joe
Torre was critical of the Boston fans for booing you?
David Wells had a great response for Torre.
"Awww, poor Joe. Sorry," said Wells. "I
don't feel bad for him. For Joe? No. For Johnny, he knows
what it's like. When you put the 'B' on and you're in
NY, they're going to hate you. It happened to me in New
York. I went in as a Padre and got a standing ovation.
I come in as a Red Sox and I'm the villain. That's fine.
Joe's been around for a long time. If he's going to have
remarks like that, I guess he's getting a little too sensitive."
You lucked out this time around, Johnny.
Rain tanked Tuesday's game. Looks like the fans if Fenway
will have to wait until August 18 to boo you again. And
being booed is the NICEST thing that will happen to you.
Have fun in New York, Johnny. See what
will happen when once again the Yankees choke in the post
season for the 6th year in a row. The New York press will
be merciless.
If you came down here to the Rays, no problem.
You're from Orlando; we could accept that. But instead
you left Boston for the modern-day equivalent of the Redcoats.
The Evil Empire. You gave us the proverbial finger. Your
attempts to explain…we don't want to hear it. You play
for THEM now.
One more thing, Johnny. Dustan Mohr looks
great wearing #18 now.
