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Originally Posted by McLegend
It applies, but why would you say no to that trade if you were Johnny Damon?
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It's because he is still upset at the reaction of Red Sox fans when he decided to leave and go to their hated rivals. He actually didn't expect his jersey to be burned and people to start hating him. It didn't help him that he kept saying New York was the best place to be in while ignoring his time at Fenway unless it was a Red Sox-Yankees series.
Original issue was about extra year or two on a new Red Sox contract more than extra money but the problem was his numbers were declining and he was getting injury-prone. Once Yankees made an offer, he bolted for the extra money rather than extra years on the Yankees contract.