Since when did Johnny Damon become the second coming of Joe DiMaggio?  Two years ago there was talk of dumping Damon because he was overpriced at $8.5 million a year.  

Now, two years older, we're supposed to believe that the Yankees got a steal on Damon at $13 million a year for four years?  

Yankee fans, have fun watching Damon become a left-handed Bernie Williams before your very eyes.  For the record, this is nothing like Anakin Skywalker going to the dark side.  This signing will be good for the Yankees and bad for the Sox in the short term, but how great will this look in 2009 when the Yankees are paying Damon $13 million to throw slow-pitch four-hoppers to second base and hit .275 with 5 HR's and 50 RBI.  

Good riddance, Johnny.  I'll settle for Josh Beckett, Jonathan Papelbon, and Jon Lester (the new Big Three of Boston).

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