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Is               Mike               Lupica               on               a               vendetta               against               the               New               York               Yankees               or               just               carrying               water               for               Johnny               Damon               and               his               agent               Scott               Boras?

In               his               most               recent               column               on               the               Yankees,               it               seems               that               it               must               be               one               or               the               other.

Mike               Lupica               has               been               writing               for               the               New               York               Daily               news               for               generations               now.

Aside               from               a               few               years               in               the               early               1990's               when               he               wrote               for               a               now               defunct               national               sports               newspaper,               Lupica               has               served               as               a               witty               conscious               of               sorts               for               the               New               York               area               sports               scene.

His               reputation               is               largely               based               on               his               willingness               to               see               through               the               hype,               spin               and               overreaction               and               put               things               back               into               context.
               Nobody               is               truly               great               or               truly               horrible               when               it               comes               to               sports               opinions.

It's               one               of               the               reasons               why               fans               keep               coming               back               to               the               games               and               why               sports               radio,               blogs               and               barroom               arguments               will               outlast               us               all.
               For               years,               though,               Lupica               was               the               authority               figure.

He               had               a               perspective               that               was               special.

More               than               a               perspective,               he               had               an               ability               to               express               it               that               set               him               apart.

His               Shooting               from               the               Lip               Sunday               column,               and               his               regular               columns               (which               have               included               non-sports               articles),               were               the               crown               jewel               of               the               New               York               sports               pages               for               decades.
               As               with               anybody               who               holds               strong               opinions,               Lupica               was               never               universally               loved.

But               in               his               recent               columns               about               former               Yankees               outfielder               Johnny               Damon,               Lupica               is               feeding               his               worse               critics.
               Quite               simply,               he               seems               to               be               off               the               rails.
               While               many               Yankees               fan               have               expressed               disappointment,               even               anger,               that               Damon               is               likely               to               never               play               for               them               again,               they               do               so               from               a               fan's               perspective.

Lupica,               however,               should               know               better.
               Johnny               Damon               is               a               winning               baseball               player.

He               has               played               a               significant               part               of               two               World               Series               championships               for               two               of               baseball's               signature               franchises.

He               has               a               sense               for               the               big               moment               and               a               veteran               toughness               that               any               contending               team               would               appreciate.
               Damon               is               also               36               years               old               and               is               arguably               the               worst               defensive               left               fielder               in               the               American               League.

Last               year,               by               left               fielder               standards               he               had               a               good,               though               not               great,               offensive               year;               hitting.282,               with               a               .365               on               base               percentage               and               24               home               runs.
               The               bottom               line               is               that               there               is               little               market               for               Damon's               services.

The               Yankees               offered               him               two               years               at               $7               million               per               year.

Damon               refused               the               offer.

The               Yankees               claim               that               they               made               clear               that               they               were               not               going               to               go               higher               and               through               the               course               of               the               winter,               acquired               Curtis               Granderson               (a               much               better               outfielder               than               Damon               who               hit               30               home               runs               last               year),               Randy               Winn               (a               bit               player               costing               the               Yankees               $2               million),               and               Nick               Johnson,               a               .400               on               base               percentage               type,               though               without               Damon's               power               or               speed.
               If               Johnny               Damon               can               get               better               than               $14               million               over               two               years,               then               good               for               him.

To               date,               the               only               offer               that               it               seems               Damon               has               received               was               from               the               Yankees.

For               his               part,               Damon               has               said               he               holds               no               grudges               against               the               Yankees...he               understand               that               they               were               in               two               different               positions.
               But               in               some               bizarre               way,               Mike               Lupica               seems               to               be               angry               about               all               of               this.

The               same               Mike               Lupica,               by               the               way,               that               railed               against               the               Yankees               for               years               for               having               a               payroll               light               years               beyond               the               rest               of               the               league,               now               mocks               them               for               saying               that               they               want               to               stay               with               a               budget.
               You               want               to               ask               Lupica               what               exactly               the               problem               is.

What               is               his               issue,               exactly?

Is               this               a               dated               and               sad               attempt               to               stay               relevant               somehow?

Is               this               a               personal               vendetta?

The               Yankees               have               spent               and               spent               and               spent               money               on               players.

It's               not               as               if               they               don't               re-invest               back               into               the               product.

But               even               with               the               free               agent               signings               last               off               season               of               CC               Sabathia,               AJ               Burnett               and               Mark               Teixeira,               the               Yankees               did               actually               cut               their               payroll               going               into               the               2009               season.

They               project               to               do               the               same               this               year.

And               yet               Lupica               scoffs               at               this.

He               writes,               "If               the               Yankees               want               to               have               a               budget,               tell               them               to               tee               it               up               with               the               same               payroll               the               Mets               have,               the               Red               Sox,               the               Phillies,               the               next               biggest               spenders".

You               want               to               ask               Lupica               why               it's               a               crime               to               try               to               cut               payroll,               even               if               it's               largely               symbolic,               when               defending               a               world               championship.

If               the               Yankees               would               like               to               make               it               a               goal               to               cut               their               payroll               year               to               year,               even               if               their               payroll               is               still               by               far               the               highest               in               the               sport,               is               this               somehow               an               issue               for               him?

Is               it               a               problem               for               their               fans?
               You               want               to               ask               Lupica               why               it's               a               problem               if               part               of               this               Damon               decision               might               have               come               down               to               ego               between               Cashman               and               Scott               Boras.

As               if               that               would               be               a               first               time               a               baseball               decision               was               made               based               on               ego.

The               Yankees               do               set               the               market               for               baseball               in               many               ways,               and               you               wonder               if               Lupica               realizes               that               the               higher               they               go,               the               less               teams               will               work               with               them.
               You               want               to               ask               Lupica               why               the               Damon               decision               is               this               important               and               why               he               never               said               anything               about               Hideki               Matsui,               a               better               offensive               player               than               Damon,               being               allowed               to               walk               out               the               door               for               a               smaller               contract               than               what               Damon               was               offered.
               You               want               to               ask               Lupica               why               nobody               else               has               matched               the               offer               that               the               Yankees               made               for               Damon,               if               he's               so               valuable.

In               his               column,               he               notes               that               'some               players               are               worth               more               to               some               teams               than               they               are               to               other               teams'.

Fair               enough.

But               does               that               mean               the               team               needs               to               pay               far               more               than               what               any               other               team               offered?

To               date,               there               seems               to               be               no               other               offers               for               Damon               from               anybody.
               You               want               to               ask               Lupica               if               he               thinks               that               Damon               would,               if               he               could,               re-set               the               clock               and               take               the               Yankees               offer               and               play               happily               in               left               field               in               a               stadium               that               might               as               well               have               been               designed               for               him,               in               back               of               the               great               Derek               Jeter               and               in               front               of               the               best               three/four               tandem               in               baseball               today.
               Somehow               Lupica               wants               this               to               be               about               the               Yankees               and               about               Brian               Cashman's               ego.

When               in               fact,               the               Yankees               offered               Johnny               Damon               far               more               than               anybody               else               has.

If               anything,               Cashman               might               have               had               some               explaining               to               do               to               his               bosses...they               are               not               your               father's               Yankee               owners,               after               all.
               Source:               Mike               Lupica,               "New               York               Yankees               and               Johnny               Damon               Still               Have               Time               to               Make               a               Deal",               nydailynews.com




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