Damon's First At Bat

[momoruvspoo]

he is tipping his cap because he is feeling the love. Fenway is booing him out of tremendous respect for his great work developing a ws championship. Lesser known players like Mark Bellhorn who became a Yankee did not receive such a respectful ovation at Fenway.

Basically Johnny Damon as an "Idiot" was the epitome of the October 2004 Spirit which once and for all lead to the destruction of the Yankees. For him to switch Uniforms so quickly broke the hearts of many sox fans.

[TheeVulture]

You boo him, yet, he lead you to a championship in 04 douche bags! Yankee or not, you have no class. He led you to a championship & this is the thanks you give him?!?! Doesn't game 7 ring a bell of the ALCS and the grand slam?!?! If it wasn't for things like that, you would be 90+ years without winning a title. Bunch of classless fags. You talk about Yankee fans, you should look at yourselves. Keep mentioning 2004, its the only thing you have to hold on to, everything else is FAILURE.

[hebebrand72489]

@TheeVulture itd be one thing if he didnt go to the Yankees and the returned to Fenway. How is this classless? he went to the fucking YANKEES, ontop of it he refused an offer from the Red Sox to stay in a Red Sox uniform and then went and took the offer from the Yankees. Now thats why we boo him and will continue to do so.

[tigerzebra]

Someone should have thrown a beer at that douche

[tristen539]

if he was treded 2 a diff team he would of gotten a standing o

[PotterPotterfreak]

out of all the major league teams he could have switched to, he chose his team's very worst enemy!

[mst3k54]

redsox fans are the lowest form of life

[TSishot91]

@mst3k54 No, that title goes to yankees fans.

[PotterPotterfreak]

damon is a traitor who deserves to get booed at. out of all the teams to switch to, he chose the worst enemy of all red sox(players and fans). yankees SUCK!

[TheTjay11]

how can you boo damon? he's always playing a big role for whatever team he is on. im a huge yankees fan i hated to see him go but im not gonna boo him cuz he help new york out a lot

[stevenlu12]

@TheTjay11 they booed damon because he left to go to the yankees which we all know the red sox fans hate

[TheTjay11]

@stevenlu12 yeah i know but man even if damon went back to boston i wouldnt hate him cuz he was a huge help for the yankees and i know its all a business and its nothing personal

[stevenlu12]

@TheTjay11 yeah i know i wonder how they going to treat manny since he going to be at red sox nation this month

[TheTjay11]

@stevenlu12 oh shit i want to see that

[stevenlu12]

@TheTjay11 same here

[TheTjay11]

all you fans are a bunch of dip shits..ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY DUMB FUCKS! wouldnt you go to new york to play if they offered you a shit load of money, and dont say you wouldnt cuz you know you fuckn would

[2Emos1Razor]

@TheTjay11 money can't buy respect. faggot.

[TheTjay11]

@2Emos1Razor and it cant buy championships either cuz a lot of people claim thats how new york gets their rings. but idk how yall can boo johnny damon cuz he played BIG role in setting history in 2004. even though damon is in detroit i still wont boo the guy cuz sports is all about the money now and i know that new york didnt offer him what he wanted. but he played a big role in bringing number 27 to the yankees and ill always root for em

[pg12sports]

Red Sox fans are fucking gay and retarded, they boo damon. If it wasn't for him Red Sox wouldn't of won the world series on 2004, the grandslam!

[IWantDaveKast]

When Matsui comes back to Yankee stadium they are gonna give him a standing ovation until he leaves the plate. And he is gonna tip his cap. Why are Yankees fans gonna cheer for him? Because he is a major part of Yankee history. He pretty much won game 6 of the 09 WOrld Series. So for that we thank him. Red Sox fans boo Damon who helped their team win the first championsship in 86 years. Red Sox fans suck

[pine1810]

.. he went to the fuckin Yankees.. If Matsui came to the Red Sox, you and your "fans" would be booing Matsui.. so whatever scenario you laid out for us, it failed..

[tom300000]

@pine1810 Your wrong. So what happened when Mike Stanley went from the yankees to the red sox? (Mike Stanley was a fan favorite like Damon was in Boston) When he came back to the bronx he got cheered. Good try though, but we appreciate guys who played as hard as they can for our team, regardless of where he goes next.

[HockeyJock6476]

@IWantDaveKast You're a dipshit, Damon went to the YANKEES. If Matsui signed with the Sox, they would boo his ass off the field. You're an absolute retard.

[tom300000]

yo dipshit red sox fan mike stanley left the yankees for the red sox and what happened next time he came back to the bronx? He got a standing ovation. All former yankees who contributed to the teams success gets cheered when they come back regardless of what jersey they wear.

[navymmw]

he left the red sox for the yankees for more money, they arent the same thing. When Nomar came back they cheered for him.

[metsfan31457]

ur a dumbass, if damon had been a yankee 1st then went to the redsox his return to the old yankee stadium wouldve been the same as this. matsui went to the angels, not the yankees arch-rival.

[patsfan6162]

its not even comparible. he went to the yankees. its not like he went to any other team. if he went to any other team they would have cheered him. exactly what pine said. if matsui came to the red sox you would boo him out of the stadium

[repeater08]

the yankees win thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa YANKEES WINN!!!

[BCEagles99]

faggot

[EretzLaAm]

That's the difference between Yankee fans and Sox fans. We would have given him a standing ovation!

[boratfanatic]

damons first at bat at fenway w the yanks was a hr

[Nyyankees56]

yea lol

[Nyyankees56]

yeah lol, we try.

[Nyyankees56]

hey man i agree, im with u on that one, if one of our players went to the red sox id boo them like hell and hate them. but yankees fans do not suck. but its ur opinion obviously sox fans think yankees suck and yanks fan think sox suck.

[navymmw]

haha so true, even though there are some good fans from both teams. Im a redsox fan and I admit there are good yankee fans, but there are also some bad yankee fans as well as bad redsox fans.

[Nyyankees56]

actually i am from NY.and thx for saying the yankees win!

[gxHx9]

red sox fans are all ass holes

[navymmw]

why is that?

[Nyyankees56]

so?so is nick green and you dont see us getting on him. i no the first thing ur gonna say is"he didn't do shit with you guys or he sucks" that proves my point. because it makes it obvious that you think damon is good when you say that.dipshit.

[arodjetersuck]

thanks for the memories johnny too bad u suck now

[liammoy1]

My Dear God people. I posted this video three years ago to the day, get over it.

[phillybirds69]

only the bandwgon redsox fans cheered for that faggot the real sox fans would never cheer for someone who got us a world series and then just leaves to our rival team fuckin douchebag!!!!!

[wegotmorrison]

He singlehandedly won game 7 of the 2004 ALCS man....

[bong18657]

Yankees Suck!

[jetsrule5125]

wooo YAAA

[lilmattydogwangster]

damon sucks

[Nyyankees56]

if he sucks why were u guys so upset when he left? and why is he hitting .300?

[ohleary]

Nyyankees jackass, first thing, you have jonas brothers crap on your page, you are definitely gay like Jeter. Secondly, Yankees suck. Oh, and third, ARod is gay too. I mean GayRod. F you.

[Nyyankees56]

the jonas brothers thing is a joke, why don't you learn to read a description dumbass. jonas fags suck, so do the red sux.

[bosox388]

U were wetting your bed when you first saw them win and you were learning your multiplication tables that last time you saw them win so with that said i don't see much of a difference, yankees 200 million dollar payroll and can't make it to the playoffs is pretty funny whats not so funny is that during your "dynasty years" players were juicing at the stadium......I wouldn't be proud of a team that buys players that cheat and still lose.....how pathetic!

[chitoz666]

damons best yrs were in boston...he deserved to get bitched at ...thats one thing u don't do as a red sox' jump ship & join the bitch ass fuk'n yankees...fuk alex the juiced rodriguez!!!!

[baberuthistheman]

@chitoz666 . .FUCK BIG SLOPPY . . hows that working out for you ! . . 27 bitch !

[chitoz666]

@baberuthistheman ur fucking stupid whore! i aint no sox fan douche..

[TheTjay11]

@chitoz666 ok before you jump on arod, yall's own david ortiz and manny ramirez used em when the made history in 2004.. and come on, damon played a big role in yall's world series victory, im a huge yankees fan and i still wont boo the guy for going to a team that offered him more money. thats what its all about now, it sux but its true.

[TheTjay11]

@chitoz666 yeah well david ortiz and manny were on them in yalls 2004 world series

[jakecasper]

damon stinks now

[nabity42]

at least he had the decency to doff his helmet.

fucking turncoat.

[kishbalar]

lol did he tip his helmet

[mcdickassass]

hahahaha yes

[RedSoxSuperfan34]

looked like jesus

still throws like mary

loyal as judas

[dinobravo420]

very profound .

[RedSoxSuperfan34]

mhmmm

[alifeinwords]

i agree.

[RedSoxSuperfan34]

yep

[patnick25]

yankess suck. get a farm team you morons

[foamfinger1]

im a yankees fan and i know that were never going to win it with damon! i mean he killed us in game 7 how could he go NY and win it all after being so detrimental to us, Yankees r just cursing themselves baseball works like that

[TranceKrazze]

Oh and to reply to bluemangos comment about World Series rings.... well, who literally cried like babies because they didn't get their chance at the World Series? Yup, you guessed it, the Skankees. I watched them bawl their eyes out on live tv, how pathetic.

[TranceKrazze]

Let me start by saying to the Skankees fans, Damon easily sold out to the Yankees, so who's to say he won't do the same to NY? Damon was, is and always will be a Judas, a sell out and a conformist. I haven't seen Damon do jack for the Yankees since being signed. Hell, I don't see the Yankees even making the playoffs this season. Let's just keep in mind to all the anti-Red Sox fans, who's in 2nd place for the Pennant race and who's in 1st for the Wild Card? Oh yeah, that would be the Red Sox.

[rhowley0792]

Looks like Jesus, talks like Judas, throws like Mary.

[bluemangos]

Ok the red sox didnt even try to keep Damon.. If they really really wanted him they could have.. but apparently he wasnt good enough.. despite the fact that he is batting over 300. now and is batting way better than jason varitek the captain who really isnt doing much.. so if the red sox want to blame someone for the loss of johnny blame the red sox management they are responsible for letting him go and keeping people like coco crisp(wtf?)

[jcaudill6921]

Johnny left over a measley 7 or 8 million. He is a fuckin' sell out. He is Rick Vaughn from Major League 2. He went from cool badass to 'clean cut' guy doing deoderant commercials while playing for the most hated team. Your fans are the most obnoxious pieces of trash.

The hate for the Yankees is so big that it has now made, the Red Sox the most popular team in baseball.

[sacksacksack]

go fuck you self...26 times

[rjtravers]

so if the sox kept damon he'd be catching now...i mean, he's better than varitek right?

[bluemangos]

when boston actually catch up to the yankees in ring count then they can run their mouths but as of now.. they should just shut the fuck up cuz their legacy is nothing compared to the yankees.

[DelPiero1980]

I'd rather take the comeback of 0-3 in the '04ALCS than being 20 something times champions in an era of 12 teams and no competition. I don't think a team that buys all superstars deserves to be a called a legacy. When if ever salary cap is enforced in MLB then will see if the arrogant yankees would still be a legacy, although right now they are a legacy of having a $200mill payroll and haven't won the WS since 2000. OUCHHHH!! There is justice in this world!!

[bluemangos]

the red sox have the second highest pay roll.. its embarrassing that it took them 87 years to win with that kiind of money. Yes, if the MLB enforced the salary cap your red sox wouldn't be where they are now today. Before you run your mouth about over paid players.. jason varitek is one of the most over paid players.. he earning 30 million for batting 250. and hes also the captain andd he also got elected for the all star team when their were more deserving catchers. now thats ouchh

[bluemangos]

oh and i guess joba (only earns 300,000) was just too fast for the red sox today? no wonder poor manny sat out.

[jcaudill6921]

How many of those championships were you even alive for?

[5StarGeneralXenoCO]

Yankee championships? Well I know your not replying to me but I was alive for four, and just two Red Sox championships.

[booshey24]

friggin judas

[brianmayboy2]

hey ted6976,

imlike how you spelled CLEMENS

if you like the yankees know how to spell their names dumbass

[rshinnie]

I LOL at the yankees. You suck.

[MONKEYROCK86]

i am a diehard redsox fan, damon was my faveorite player and i cant help feeling bad for him........ so bigdaddy stfu!

[bigdaddysdollas]

prick. he deserved what he got

[GuySTi]

Best line I heard at the game I was at Sunday...

"Hey Damon! If I give you $20 will you strike out?"

He could've had another ring. Heck, if he had gotten traded, he still would've gotten a standing ovation like Millar and Lowe get regularly. But nope. He wanted the money. That's why some fans still throw money out onto the field when he bats. That's all he cares about.

[OHMYGOD2314]

bye bye yankees maybe next year or maybe the next or maybe when alex rodriguez leave the team.. or joe torre or cashman or clemens.. mariano i dont know

[Ted6976]

Babe Ruth, Wade Boggs and Clemes got a World Champion Ring as a Yankee.

Johnny Damon will get a Champion Ring as a Yankee.

Remember 1978.

Boston Suck !!!!  Kiss Bucky Dent's ass !!!

[rescue141x]

FUCK BOSTON!! THEY SUCK!

[liammoy1]

Great comment. Very intelligent and meaningful....

[collegefightmusic]

@liammoy1 hahaha

[redsoxguy617]

@rescue141x . BOSTON IS THE BEST, GET OVER IT LOSER

[animefan6753]

@rescue141x FUCK YANKEES! THEY HAVE NO REGARD FOR THERI HISTORY. ALSO YANKEES WILL GET THEIR ASSES KICKED BY THE RED SOX

[grill45]

Damon sucks. That guy pisses me off. Go RED SOX

[freshprinceofstm]

that was an amazing moment in baseball history

[ryan9942]

Thats awesome Damon got booed hella loud. I hope Barry Zito gets booed just as loud too when he returns to Oakland this year.

[jobby67]

LOVE IT!!!!

[tsukasana]

red sox STILL are the best :]

[YuNgCrippiN]

FUCK BOSTON,LETS GO YANKEES

[irishyank89]

fuckin boston fans should appreciate the man that brought u the world series in 04 but your all typical boston douche bags and the whole world knows it

[rod9jo]

I don't know how the fuck they can boo a man that if it wasn't for him they never would of won in 2004!

[kcurry26]

huh??? Well he was pretty much hitless the first few games of the playoffs until game 5 of the ALCS. After that the media got to him and he realized he needed to hit in New York and thats the only time he hit. Game 7, cause by that time he wanted to be a Yankee. WS G1 wanted the MVP, oops didnt get it. GUESS WHAT... 1 year later isnt enough time. True fans booed him for a reason, no other past Red Sox player was booed on that field last year that came to the plate, but him.

[MYJS]

what happened after he hit it? the video quality makes it hard to discern.

[oaklandsportsfan510]

this is very similar to when jason giambi came back to oakland for the first time after crossing over to the evil empire. lol. the similiarities are shocking

[kwspecialist1]

actually pretty much everyone knew that he always had a bad arm. his lead off batter position got him the job above everything else. btw, theo only got coco crisp because damon left. we where without a centerfeilder for about a month and a half. most evidence prooves it wasnt a planned "trade" if you will

[kwspecialist1]

as much as i now hate jonny damon (i had his sox jersey, fucking 200 dollars), i have to show respect for him. he did take off his hat to the fans. he did deserve boos, but he deserved some cheers too.

btw, he was asking for far too much money for the mediocre outfeilder that he is. he has a very weak arm for a centerfielder.

[Jesusfreak28532]

Thats funny, I don't remember ya'll singing that tune after 2004. Sure, he might not have the BEST arm, but after what he did for ya'll in 2004, ya shouldn't be complainin.

[toastercatastrophe]

It's easy to say that the Yankee fans hate us, and we hate them too.

Damon is a traitor to us. We reserve the right to boo whoever we want to boo, just cause he did the most stupid thing anyone can do: join the yankees.

oh and dont start up that crap about "the best team in baseball".

let me remind you: 2004 ACLS GAME?

if you guys are the best team in baseball, HOW'D YOU GET BEAT SO BADLY BY THE "WORST TEAM" IN BASEBALL?

[Jesusfreak28532]

Let me remind you: 86 YEARS between WS wins. Just because you've managed to win ONE world series doesn't mean you're suddenly the best team in Baseball. The fact is, is that Johnny Damon helped ya'll alot in 2004. And how do you repay him? When he left Boston he knew he got stood up cause Theo Epstein wanted Coco Crisp, he knew he was given an under the market deal, so he went and joined a team that would pay him more, and could use him, and would not try to half heartedly keep him.

[johnnypera]

let me remind you-

26 WSC to 6 WSC

how about bucky dent

how about aaron boone

all you have to say is 2004 bloody sock series, u just got lucky

[yankeehatinactor]

The Yankees would impale babies on the flagpoles above the Yankee Stadium bleachers if it would help them win. 90% of all Yankee fans are scum. Johnny Damon knew all of this, he knew how much we loved him in Boston, and he still left. Fuck Johnny Damon, and motherfuck the motherfucking New York Yankees, their motherfucking mothers, and the mothers, sisters, and wives of their motherfucking fans. Enjoy the curse of A-Rod.

[johnnypera]

very classy red sox fan here.

just like them all

[yankeehatinactor]

Hey, at least I reserved judgment on the other 10% of you. I hope you're reading this reply while meditating on the fact that the extra money you gave Damon STILL couldn't get the Yankees out of the first round. Why don't the Yanks just get it over with and move the whole team to Atlanta?

[johnnypera]

wow, dude i dont understaand hillbilly

and even if i was a hillbilly red sox fan i wouldnt understand wtf u just said anyway because it makes no sence at all. just dont comment because your worthless.

[vaportrails44]

It's actually the curse of Hillary Clinton. Ever since she became their senator in NY and put on the Yankee cap...they have blown playoffs and world series games like never before!

[hirschfeld90]

If you're not from Boston, you just don't get it and have no right to comment on our affairs.

[liammoy1]

Oh a moron yanks fan would think that Boston fans are the worst in sports. We all know that Philly fans are actually the worst in sports.

And still, anyone who thinks that Damon wasn't going to get boo'd is just an idiot

[nyyanks109]

Just shows how disrespectful Red Sox fans are. Johnny Damon did so much for them, and just because he went to the Yankees, they boo him like all hell. It wasn't even his fault -- they didn't offer him a contract in time. He was waiting for the Red Sox to offer him something, but they didn't, so he made a smart decision and joined the best team in baseball instead, earning more money in the process. Boston fans are the worst fans in all of sports.

[johnnypera]

well said!!!!

[jcjr87]

What happened when David Wells made his first appearance at Yankee Stadium as a member of the Red Sox? Exactly the same.

[nym685]

Let's get this straight, you think that Yankee fans are the classiest fans in sports, and Boston fans are the worst?

Plus, your username explains why you're so ignorant. If you were a Red Sox fan, you'd be singing a whole different tune.

[justenoughrope]

The trouble is you Red Sox fans fail to blame Luchino and Henry for the reasons Damon is gone. Are you going to say that you yourselves wouldn't take more money offered by someone else to do the same exact job? Get real. Loyalty is a two way street. Booing Damon is playing ignorant.

[YankeeFanatic22]

im a Yankee fan, but i can't blame the fans for doing that.

[Booya43]

Damon didn't even get a hit in the ALCS untill like game 6

[justenoughrope]

brandon120 and Booya43 are ignorant. Damon didn't have the greatest 2004 ALCS numbers but its a marathon not a sprint. He hit .380 and drove in 94 RBI's and a bevy of fantastic grabs that propelled them to get so far. sorry if he didn't hit that grand slam that crushed the Yanks hopes till game 7.

[brandon120]

Did not win in 2004 with out Damon?!?!? Are you high?

I guess Roberts stealing 2nd in Game 4, or Mueller driving in the tying run, or Orti'z HR in the 12th, or Ortiz driving in the winning run in Game 5 (Damon BTW), or Schilling's pitching in Game 6, or Lowe's pitching in Game 7.

Those things had nothing to do with it, it was all Johnny Damon.

Go back to bed little boy. You are embarassing yourself.

[ChoirBoyAndrew]

Ouch. I never said Damon was the only reason the Sox won it all. But he was a key part - their sparkplug. He led the team in 8 offensive categories during the regular season. Without him they might not have gotten the wild card that year.

[ChoirBoyAndrew]

The Red Sox DO NOT WIN in 2004 without Damon. Nice going Sox fans. You should try booing Sox management for pushing him outta town (and for thinking the Rocket was washed up as well).

[liammoy1]

First of all, I'm an O's fan living in Boston.

Second of all, as a baseball fan I completely support how the fans reacted. It is their right to boo someone who goes to their most hated rival.

You comment shows a complete lack of understanding of baseball. I probably should have just ignored it.

[justenoughrope]

Sorry to hear your an O's fan. Sorry to hear you're living in Boston too. Yes it's their right. But they're wrong for booing someone who was the catalyst for the 2004 team while ignoring the facts. Main fact being Luchino forced Epstein out (temporarily) which ruined the re-signing process to keep Damon in Boston as Damon had hoped.

[liammoy1]

You just don't get it. If you are a Red Sox player and you go to the Yankees, you will get boo'd. It doesn't matter what the circumstances are.

If Jeter ever left the Yanks to go play for the Sox, he would get boo'd. And don't pretend to tell yourself anything different.

And I love being an O's and I love living in Boston.

[justenoughrope]

LOL, that just a joke no offense to Boston or the Orioles. No I understand the rivalry I do. But it doesn't justify booing him especially under the true circumstances of his departure which everybody seems to avoid as the main issue. Again, you're getting paid x dollars to do a job but your boss won't give you the security/respect you ask for. The guy down the block will give you xx dollars and the security/respect your looking for. What would you do???

[liammoy1]

don't worry, I knew it was a joke about the O's and Boston. Come on, I'm an O's fan living in Boston....do you realize how much crap I get from my friends? haha

Anyway, yes the way someone leaves is very important, true. But to Red Sox fans there is always one law that overrides everything else, and that is when someone goes to the Yankees. That's just the way it is...

[justenoughrope]

Thus the reason real baseball fans hate the Red Sox. A lack of loyalty, a idiotic take on the business of baseball. You turned on guys like Roger, Wade, Pedro and Johnny who poured their guts out for you each year only to have an owner screw them.

Learn something about baseball. At least in New York they're appreciated.

[mikef935]

What about the reception of David Wells in 2005 in the Bronx?

[ChoirBoyAndrew]

David got great receptions from Yankee fans before 2005. But then he shot his mouth off about A-Rod last year and the fans gotta stick up for their man, right?

[mikef935]

Well the same could be said about Damon. However, I am not saying I disagree with Yankee fans about this, I'm just trying to prove a point to the guy who made the initial comment. Damon is a great player on the Yankees--what do we red sox fans do to great players on the yankees--boo them.

[justenoughrope]

Right, not to mention that Wells basically quit on the Yankees in the 2003 world series cos he just didn't prepare himself to pitch or keep himself fit.