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Articles about Johnny Damon

By MIKE ANTHONY, July 28, 2008

THEBIGSTORY The Red Sox were still clinging to hope Saturday when David Ortiz stepped into the batter's box against Black Patent Leather Fifi Sling 100mm Damaso Marte in the seventh inning, the Sox trailing the Yankees 7 3 with two on and one out. It took Marte four pitches to strike him out, the Yankees showing off Pink Patent Leather Fifi Sling 80mm their new weapon as Marte did exactly what he was brought in to do against hitters such as Ortiz. Marte is with the Yanks to solidify the bullpen and, more specifically, neutralize left handed threats. All players involved need to pass physicals before the deal is completed, so Yankees general manager Brian Cashman would not acknowledge it. A Pirates spokesman said a trade was in place, but did not say with whom. "How far back are we?" Jeter said, after he was asked in Toronto Sunday to sum up the first half. "Six games back? We've played well enough to be six games back." Earlier in the season, he summed up the Yankees even better: "Consistently inconsistent." The Yankees' Black Suede Ostri Sling 100mm 50 45 record as play resumes against the A's at Yankee Stadium today doesn't bespeak a team going nowhere. Their resident superstar, Alex Rodriguez, was greeted each morning with headlines about the breakup of his marriage. Their manager, Joe Girardi, barred the clubhouse door in violation of MLB policy for more than 30 minutes for an emotional team meeting and was thrown out of a game. For the second time this year, a player who hadn't been on the disabled list before Johnny Damon went on it. "Even [Saturday]," said Damon, who injured his left shoulder when he crashed into the wall on Friday, "I was putting my shoes on in case I might have to pinch run for [Jason] Giambi or something." Damon, who has taken great pride in avoiding the disabled list over his 14 year career, was placed on the DL for the first time Sunday. Then, for a few breathtaking moments, the first place Purple Suede Ostri Sling 100mm Rays didn't exist and it became September again, October maybe, the ALCS and a clinging by the fingertips struggle for survival. Hanging by a thread were the Yankees, and Mariano Rivera was the thread. "I can't know that now," he said, after injuring his left shoulder chasing a fly ball in the third inning. "It doesn't feel good.