Johnny Damon

John De  Note   retraction apology;   I wrote a nasty comment on John Damon, referring to his cheating on his wife via his book, while she was in labor and in mext bed to her w/nurse.

It appeared buy all accounts that this was true,his book etc., Now it appears by reading comments on him that this was a joke written by some rag newspaper called the "onion". If this story by them was false and a joke, then I strongly appologize to him and his family, especially. At this point I don't know what to believe but....my appology stands and I would wish that the truth of that story comes out. I can understand false rumors, but somethinglike this is not right and can lead to a lot of problems. We really have quite a few ways to insult a person, but to make it look genuine should not be tolerated. YOur entitled to your opinion but not your facts.

first he cant throw for crap and secondly he isnt that ghood of a hitter how does he get paid that much

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 The White Sox had withdrawn their offer on Friday, a decision first reported by ESPNChicago.com.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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Pic of  Michelle at the game. She is SO... PRETTY!

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"He is faithful to Michelle"

I hope so.  There's a lot to like about Johnny and it'd be nice to think he's turned over a new leaf.  He seems to really want his marriage to Michelle to work & hopefully he realizes that very few baseball marriages last because the foundation of the marriages are usually eroded due to infidelity.

There was a blind item on baseballdirty.com that was revealed to be about Michelle Damon.  Apparently she totally went off on Johnny in front of a bunch of other people after a game a few weeks ago.  I hope Johnny isn't up to his old ways as Michelle is expecting their second child.

In my opinion, that doesn't make it any better.  He should have done the honorable thing and left rather than disrespecting the mother of his kids.  I love Johnny, but he made excuses to cheat.  Hopefully he is treating Michelle right.

AND SOME MEN NEED TO WATCH THEIR WOMEN. COME ON LADIES. YOU KNOW THAT IF WE WANT TO GET SIDE ACTION...WE ARE MUCH SMARTER AND LESS LIKELY TO GET CAUGHT THEN THE DUMB MEN ARE. LOL

PLEASE!!! KEEP IT REAL FOR CHIRSSAKES! WOMEN ARE JUST AS BAD AS MEN!!

"Johnny used the 'she was a nag' to excuse his cheating.

Which is bullshit.  You aren't happy in the relationship, you end it.  You don't do the shit Johnny did.

Michelle should definitely watch her man."

I'm sure Michelle does watch her man (I don't want to put words in anyone's mouth) but what woman doesns't watch their man? Pro athlete, lawyer, doctor, burger king french frie maker... ALL women have to watch their men. Men are men and though some wont the majority of them will cheat if given the chance. It doesn't matter how pretty, how smart, or how much you think you are watching. If they want to cheat, if they are cheaters they will do it to the sweetest, most drop dead georgous women!

I think the poster was being actually very smart. Kids change the fabric of the relationship...some of these guys are very immature and not ready for the women who get knocked up for security

Not all women have kids to have security, OMFG!!! I believe they have them because they PLANNED THEM!! Some of us did that and WANTED them and take care of them and dont use them as a security. If the guy is immature then he shoulda thought bout that before he had those kids. That's just assinine to think it's her fault and the kids. Jesus!!!!!