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BOSTON -- With Red Sox Nation reeling from the loss of another popular player to the Yankees, sports talk radio around Boston was, as you might have expected, dominated by Johnny Damon on Wednesday."I think they were calling [George] Steinbrenner's bluff," said Glenn Ordway, host of the "Big Show" on WEEI. "They did not believe that the Yankees were going to come in and pay more money for him.
I personally wasn't surprised, I didn't think Damon was going to be back before the end of last season. His ego got way too big, and he wanted too much money for too long a time. He won't last the four years at New York playing as great as he is now, no way. He's a great player, but he plays hard and his body is paying the price for it. I don't think this was a loss for Boston. Sure, they'd rather have him back, but not at the money he wanted. And good for the Yankees, they can add this to the list of other marquee players they've signed over the last four years (Rodriguez, Sheffield) who have won them squat. What does $200 million a year get you? Nothing in New York.
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