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Johnny Damon is staying with Tigers
"I'm not going", Johnny Damon, claimed by Red Sox on Monday, spoke up to reporters today. "I decided to pass up this offer to return to the Boston."
The Tigers and the Red Sox had either 48 hours to make a trade, the Tigers can pull him off the waivers, or the Red Sox can take Damon and the $1.8 million left on his deal.
On February 22, 2010, Damon agreed to a one year, $8 million deal with the Detroit Tigers, his contract including a clause that gives him right to put a veto on any eventual transfer he is not comfortable with.
36 year-old Johnny invoked his no-trade clause to reject a deal to Boston, passing up an opportunity to return to the club he led to World Series championship 2004, their first in eighty six years.
Watch the interview with Johnny Damon here !
Born November 5, 1973, Damon is a third among active major leaguers in runs (1008), and seventh in hits (1590) and stolen bases (252).
From a baseball point of view, it is perfectly logical for Johnny Damon to return to Red Sox, although he seems to have personal reasons not to do it. Some of them are speculated to be disagreements with Sox management, yet nobody knows for sure.
Damon told reporters that he has had no contact with Red Sox management and that he has no idea whether the Red Sox were just trying to block him from going toTampa Bay or whether there is genuine interest in having him on the team.
The Tigers enter play Tuesday a distant 10 games out of first in the AL Central and 15 out in the AL Wild Card.
Interview with Johnny Damon is available here !
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