Sunday, March 4, 2012

Yankees put Damon on DL for 1st time in career

Johnny Damon stood in a corridor outside the New York Yankees clubhouse on Sunday afternoon, sounding sullen. He had just been put on the disabled list for the first time in his major league career after 13 1/2 seasons and 1,927 regular-season games.

"I really don't know what I have to do now," the outfielder said softly. "Every day in my career when I went to the ballpark, I actually felt like I could get in the game somehow. Even yesterday, I was getting ready to get my shoes on in case I needed to run for (Jason) Giambi or something late. Today there's no way I can get in this ballgame."

Damon sprained and bruised his left shoulder when …

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