Johnny Damon

Some nuggets about Johnny Damon.

- Even if he played the remaining 113 games left in the Yankees schedule - he would still be five games short of the number of regular season games played during his 4 years in Boston. That's really a tribute to his reliability. He never played fewer than 145 games in his time in Boston and has never played less than 141 games in the 13 full seasons since he became a regular player in the lineup.

- Damon has already hit 7 more home runs for the Yankees than he hit during his time in Boston. He has 10 this season. The New Yankee Stadium seems tailor made for him.

- Damon currently has 2,326 hits which places him 127th on the All-Time list. If Damon was to play 3 or more season after 2009 - it is not outside the realm of possibility that he could crack 3,000 hits for his career. If he was to do that - would he be considered a Hall of Fame player? He'd probably have to play until he was 40 in order to get there - so its probably a moot point. It is interesting to note that if he stays healthy that he'll probably finish the season with more career hits than either Mickey Mantle or Carlton Fisk.