Johnny Damon Seems To Be Doing Well

So this must have been what Scott Boras was talking about when he said other teams were interested in signing Damon to a 3-4-year deal.  I have to say, I didn't see this one coming from Boras; it's one thing to try to hoodwink a team into giving a guy a longer and more expensive contract than he's worth at this stage in his career by creating fake, nonexistent interest from other baseball clubs.  But when you go outside the sport and bring the WWE into the fold, that's a whole new level of negotiation.

After seeing this performance last night, there's no doubt Cash is frantically searching for his checkbook right now to cut a $60 million check to Damon, especially with the newly created void in the outfield as a result of the Javy-for-Melky trade that I'm not even remotely close to being done talking about yet.  Did you see how limber he looked crouching and pointing to the crowd?  How about the interaction with the fans on his way to ring?  Or the textbook D-X crotch chop?  This guy is clearly already in mid-season form physically and showing the Yankees and all other interested teams (assuming they actually exist) that he's serious about getting out there and getting after a 3rd World Series title in 2010.  I mean, if showing up on Raw and cutting a painfully bad promo with Eve Torres, the Bella Twins, Carlito, Chris Masters, and a now apparently gay Sgt. Slaughter backstage doesn't say you're dying to sign a big-money deal and commit yourself to winning then I don't know what does.

Boras is playing hardball now, and if the Yanks don't start taking these negotiations a little more seriously, they could be watching Damon winning Tag Team gold with The Miz next season instead of cracking another 20 HRs and scoring 100 runs for them on their way to a 28th championship.

Put me in coach, indeed.