Johnny Damon

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:01:42 GMT

Johnny Damon has agreed to a one-year, $8 million deal with the Detroit Tigers, pending a physical, a league source told ESPN's Karl Ravech.

Damon is expected to take the physical on Sunday.

As Scott Boras negotiated for Damon in recent weeks, many of the offers he received included deferred money, which would have reduced the present-day value of the offer. A source tells ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney none of the $8 million the Tigers will pay Damon is deferred.

Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski confirmed the offer in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Friday after telling reporters in Lakeland, Fla., that the Tigers were interested in signing the outfielder.

Johnny Damon

#18 LF
New York Yankees

2009 STATS

GM143
HR24
RBI82
R107
OBP.365
AVG.282

The 36-year-old Damon hit .286 with 24 homers for the New York Yankees last season. He likely would bat leadoff for the Tigers, filling the void left when Detroit dealt Curtis Granderson to the Yankees.

Damon also gives Detroit a left-handed bat it needs and a veteran in the outfield, where his savvy is an asset and his arm a liability.

Among the other teams who had expressed serious interest in Damon were the White Sox, Rays and Braves. The White Sox had withdrawn their offer on Friday, a decision first reported by ESPNChicago.com.

Damon helped the Yankees win the World Series for the first time since 2000, hitting .282 with 23 homers and 82 RBIs, but he was coming off a $52 million, four-year contract.

While he initially wanted a long-term deal at the same average salary, New York valued the 36-year-old at far less. The Yankees kept reducing their offer, claiming payroll constraints.

They now have no place for Damon after acquiring Granderson, signing free agent outfielders Randy Winn and Marcus Thames and signing designated hitter Nick Johnson to become their No. 2 hitter.

Karl Ravech is a baseball analyst for ESPN. Buster Olney is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Johnny Damon

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:58:43 GMT

YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JOHNNY U BETTER SIGN WITH THE BRAVES!!!!

Johnny Damon

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:58:03 GMT

Anyone who has read Damon's book knows he describes his first wife as being a great mother. He mostly blames their divorce on them being too young when they got married and Angie's inability to accept him being away too much. They got married after he got drafted because they didn't think it was right to live together without being married. They were 18/19. And he admits Angie put up with a lot of crap. He said in his book that when Angie asked him if he was cheating, he lied and said he was just to piss her off.

Johnny Damon

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:11:35 GMT

In the book, Damon describes his first wife, Angie Vannice, as an overbearing nuisance who cramped his style and prevented him from having fun and living his life. However, Vannice disputed that account and accused Damon of being more interested in partying than taking care of his family.

“I think it’s absolutely absurd that he would come out and say those things,” said Vannice. “He’s actually bragging about cheating on me while I was sitting at home with the kids. And that story about the nurse at the hospital? That’s typical Johnny. He started having sex with her on the bed next to me while I was in labor. As you can imagine, I was pissed. I knew Johnny loved women, but he had never taken his obsession this far. This was the nurse that was delivering my baby, for God’s sake. Not only that, she was about 70 years old. I guess he didn’t put that in the book.”

Still, Damon refuses to apologize for his actions. Right or wrong, the self proclaimed “idiot” says he has no regrets.

“Hey, that’s just the way I was back then. I wasn’t happy in my marriage, and that’s just how I dealt with it,” he said. “See, ballplayers are a different breed. With all the women throwing themselves at you, it can be hard to resist. I can’t even keep track of all the girls I slept with back then. Half of time I didn’t even know their names. My ex-wife, she was a nice lady but she wasn’t right for me. She was, like, totally obsessed with being a caring mother and doting over our children. Boring!”

Damon also said he is working on a sequel to the book in which he admits to cheating on his current wife.

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This was a satire story by The Onion or one of those fake story sites poking fun at ball players. This wasn't in his book Not true

Johnny Damon

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:25:51 GMT

UGLYYYY

Johnny Damon

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:31:02 GMT

I would love JD to take right field for the Giants. As long as he comes a decent price. He'd have to bring his aksing price down from 10 million to maybe 6-7 million.

Johnny Damon

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:45:49 GMT

DAMON SUCKS - CUT HIM LOOSE & KEEP HIDEKI.

Johnny Damon

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:30:40 GMT

Still, Damon refuses to apologize for his actions. Right or wrong, the self proclaimed “idiot” says he has no regrets.

Damon also said he is working on a sequel to the book in which he admits to cheating on his current wife.

Johnny Damon

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:52:10 GMT

Happy Birthday Johnny and congrats for your outstanding performance in the World Series!!! Hope your with the Yankees nest season but if not we'll be with you where ever you go

Johnny Damon

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:34:24 GMT

Michelle is not Asian. Johnny is part Asian. Not Michelle. Michelle should watch her man because once a cheat always a cheat. He will tire of her also and he keeps making children.

Johnny Damon

Tue, 05 May 2009 23:28:04 GMT

Damon cant even play CF anymore! HAHA

Johnny Damon

Wed, 21 May 2008 23:52:08 GMT

Damon sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:22:00 GMT

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Johnny Damon

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:50:42 GMT

I'm wicked happy Johnny left the redsox! If he didn't Jacoby wouldn't be here and Jacoby is for sure the next big thing. eep playing in HELL Johnny

Johnny Damon

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:42:15 GMT

I like Johnny for the most part, but he was a DOG to his first wife. He made excuses for cheating on her. If I were the new wife, I'd have him on a very short leash.

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