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Originally Posted by Gom
Apparently, they don't teach you how to read up there. I watched the press conference on ESPN. They happen to have a press conference in December of that year...for what reason? They didn't sign a player. They didn't announce a new sponsorship deal. It was to explain how a fan favorite was stolen by the enemy.
There was the link. End of story.
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Wow, read the link again genius.
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Lucchino and co-general managers Jed Hoyer and Ben Cherington declined during a Fenway Park news conference to discuss details of their offer to Damon
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The four individuals, during a Fenway Park press conference, declined to discuss the details of their offer to Damon.
If they had a press conference devoted to talk about Damon, why did they decline to talk about Damon?
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but conceded that the negotiations ended abruptly with the news Damon agreed to a $52 million, four-year deal with New York.
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But they acknowledge their negotiations end when he signed with another team. Wow - that never happens.
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Also, ORS, you and I both know that with VORP, every successive point is harder to achieve than the previous point. You can't "add" the two players and assume they are of the same value. Secondly, the Yankees moved him to LF because they had a better CF option in Melky. Heck, you had Manny DH often...you didn't have to, but Ellsbury in left with Crisp in center was a better defensive alignment.
If you guys really want to believe that you got more out of the last 3 years by letting Damon go...that's your choice, I guess.
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Again Gom, that is not the argument - the argument is which team got more production out of the CF position during this timeframe.
The fact that Damon
can't play CF regularly anymore hurts his overall value. He has to be compared to other LF, and since the Sox had Ramirez and Bay during this timeframe Damon comes up short again.
Also - if Melky was a better CF option than Damon, why was Brett Gardner getting burn last season? Are you telling me Damon is a worse CF than Gardner (here's a hint - he is). If that's the case, how can you call Damon a better CF than Ellsbury or Crisp?