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Tuesday, September 06, 2005 |
For Once, A Useful Series Preview
Not mine, of course, I don't write the damn things*. Most of the time when you read these things, they appear to have been written for the casual fan, or worse, a visitor from Venus, but in this case, this USA Today Angels/Red Sox preview tells us that Johnny Damon's shoulder is jammed:
*Josh, this is not an indictment of yours.
Manager Terry Francona hopes to have leadoff hitter Johnny Damon available for this series. Among the AL leaders with a .322 batting average, Damon sat out Monday with a sore left shoulder he hurt in Sunday's 5-1 win over Baltimore.Given how badly Lackey has been hit by the Sox, the Angels will need absolutely every advantage they can get.''I can lift up, but it's sore,'' Damon said. ''It feels like it's just jammed up in there. We have some good guys to get it loose.''
One other note here: Damon is a free agent at the end of the year, assuming Boston doesn't re-sign him. There's been a fair amount of speculation about Damon possibly heading to the Yankees, which gets me briefly thinking about the unfairness of the whole free agent draft compensation problem. If you have an A-class free agent, the only draft pick you acquire is that of the team who signed him. Since the Yankees always pick low, that's like getting a used Yugo in exchange for a two-year-old BMW.
*Josh, this is not an indictment of yours.
Comments:
Unless Boston gets Mike Cameron in a deal for Manny (*shudders*), given the lack of talent in regards to the up-coming free agent outfielders (let alone center fielders) and lead-off hitters, Boston will undoubtedly resign Damon. Where else can Johnny Damon be Johnny Damon? This may sound dumb, but short hair and clean-shaven in NY does him no good!
I take no offense (mine is a weekly summary and short preview of the next week...not meant to be comprehensive as it covers two series and is more Angels oriented).
One complaint I have is how Adam and Joe spelled the word "re-sign" (as "resign). Re-signing is when someone comes back to your team. Resigning is when someone leaves your team. Yes, 99% of the time you can figure it out by context, but that dash is important, as leaving it out means the opposite.
One complaint I have is how Adam and Joe spelled the word "re-sign" (as "resign). Re-signing is when someone comes back to your team. Resigning is when someone leaves your team. Yes, 99% of the time you can figure it out by context, but that dash is important, as leaving it out means the opposite.
You see it both ways, and I like to emphasize which I mean with the hyphenated version. To resign is what a failed coach does before he gets fired; to re-sign is what a team does for a player they hope will have a bright future.
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