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Please Damon, Just Sign Somewhere Already!

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It’s dragged on for weeks – or months? I lose track — but soon Johnny Damon is going to end our long national nightmare and sign with a baseball team.

No, but seriously, it’ll be over soon everybody. And yes, as we’ve said here all along, there’s a real chance Damon could end up leading off and playing left field for the Bravos. Not saying it’s likely, but there’s a reasonable chance.

It’s seemed odd to me that the Braves’ interest in Damon was practically dismissed by a couple of other media outlets in the last week, Atlanta described as having only lackluster interest and not making a serious push for him.

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