Flanagan: Damon reveals Sam Malone lifestyle in new book

tk13 · 04-07-2005, 01:45 AM

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...s/11329591.htm

‘Idiot' Damon is swinging away in book

JEFFREY FLANAGAN

Remember that innocent, lovable image that Johnny Damon once portrayed as he came up through the Royals system?

Say bye-bye to that.

Damon probably torpedoed that for good now that his long-awaited book Idiot: Beating The Curse and Enjoying the Game of Life has landed in the bookstores.

Damon reveals himself as the stereotypical self-indulgent, sex-crazed ballplayer who used women and dumped his wife after finally making it to the big time. Damon writes that he made the decision to divorce his high school sweetheart, Angie Vannice, at the start of the 2002 season. The couple have 5-year-old twins.

After telling her to leave their home near Boston and go back to Orlando, Damon said, Vannice came back against his wishes. At that point, Damon writes, he told her, “ ‘There's no reason for you to be here' … Just to push her buttons I added, ‘I was with three more girls while you were gone.' ”

After Vannice left for good, Damon said he really started to have some fun.

“If you're good-looking and a ballplayer, girls want a piece of you,” he wrote. “For the rest of the (2002) season, I met some women, some good, some bad. I had some one-nighters that I had never gotten to experience before. It was fun. I ended up having to carry around a separate cell phone for the women to call me. I didn't want them to have my main number because my phone would have been ringing off the hook and it just got tiring.”

Damon said he never had problems finding women once he left Vannice.

“After I broke it off with one woman, she told me, ‘I don't mind if you see other girls, too,' ” Damon wrote. “Most women weren't so flexible. I remember one who was clearly a one-night stand who'd call me up and tell me she'd told all her friends we were dating …

“One (other) time, I was propositioned by two girls at once, but I passed. Two girls might be able to handcuff me and kill me. Mostly, they just want more of your life than you can give them. I'm sure some of them wanted to get pregnant.”

***

So what does Vannice think of the book? Naturally, she's embarrassed by the book's details.

“I have never said or done anything to promote this,” she told the Boston Herald. “I tried to make things as smooth as possible for the kids' sake.”

She blames the divorce on Damon's new wife, Michelle Mangan, whom she calls a “home-wrecker.”

“In baseball, as the wife, you are always the last to know,” Vannice said. “I found pictures of him and her together. He told me at the time we were breaking up that there were three (other women) and he couldn't decide between the three of them….

“I had 15 years with the guy. Then all of a sudden, I'm the scum of the earth. I'm kicked to the curb.”

Damon writes that his ex-wife just didn't understand.

“I wanted to live, have fun, not pick out furniture,” he wrote.

***

Brandon Rush, younger brother of Kareem and JaRon, has been chosen to replace Gerald Green on the 10-man U.S. Junior National Select Team that will face an under-19 World Select team in the Nike Hoop Summit on Saturday in Memphis.

Green, an Oklahoma State signee, withdrew because of a back injury.

Rush, the only member of the team yet to sign with a college, is expected to visit Oklahoma within the next week.

mcan · 04-07-2005, 02:07 AM

He's a dick... If he wanted to screw around so much, then you don't get married. The two cell phone thing is VERY common according to Canseco. He basically said that he only knew of ONE baseball player to never cheat. I can't remember who he said though, but he named him. Then he said the only TOP player in the game that he figured NOT to be on any juice was Derek Jeter.

mikey23545 · 04-07-2005, 03:52 AM

What a fine, upstanding young man.

Taco John · 04-07-2005, 05:45 AM

I swear I was in the same fraternity with this guy...

teedubya · 04-07-2005, 06:03 AM

I tell you, its Steinbrenners fault...somehow.

**alpha_omega** · 04-07-2005, 06:15 AM

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“I wanted to live, have fun, not pick out furniture,” he wrote.

Probably should have thought of that before he got married in the first place! What a jerk!

NaptownChief · 04-07-2005, 06:36 AM

Certainly making himself look like a moron but in reality he is just further proving why you should never get married young and why you usually should experience life before settling down....Those that marry the high school sweetheart never get a chance to see what it was all about and will usually get that itch. If you take a few years to experience this type of lifestyle you get it out of your system and realize that it isn't that big of a deal.

Eleazar · 04-07-2005, 06:41 AM

Doesn't seem like there is anything in life he is loyal to, other than #1

**dirk digler** · 04-07-2005, 07:10 AM

What a piece of shit. The good guy image he protrayed with the Royals is a joke.

kc rush · 04-07-2005, 07:14 AM

What a loser. I was never big on him when he was a Royal, liked him less when he was gone, I thought he was a loser when he started the hair and beard thing, now I have no respect for him.

I'm sure he's crying over that right now.

Amnorix · 04-07-2005, 07:26 AM

Scum. He's gone from local favorite / good guy to pond scum around here. What a stupid way to completely wreck your image.

I'd be surprised to see him on any local advertising going forward. He's really damaged his rep.

**dirk digler** · 04-07-2005, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

Scum. He's gone from local favorite / good guy to pond scum around here. What a stupid way to completely wreck your image.

I'd be surprised to see him on any local advertising going forward. He's really damaged his rep.

What do Bostonians think of him?

I can't believe he would write shit like that in his own book. What a commatard.

jspchief · 04-07-2005, 08:08 AM

I like the guy. Always have and always will.

He only admits in his book what a large majority of baseball players do. So he got a divorce? I guess it would have been better to just cheat on his wife instead. A lot of people make mistakes when they marry someone, including a lot of people on this BB. It's naive to think it's a character flaw.

The guy is one of the few characters left in proffessional sports.

Deberg_1990 · 04-07-2005, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by NaptownChief

Certainly making himself look like a moron but in reality he is just further proving why you should never get married young and why you usually should experience life before settling down....Those that marry the high school sweetheart never get a chance to see what it was all about and will usually get that itch. If you take a few years to experience this type of lifestyle you get it out of your system and realize that it isn't that big of a deal.

Well said, Thats why I didnt get married until I was 30! Im a little surprised he wanted to write so much negative personal information about himself?? Jim Rome will be all over this one.

Brock · 04-07-2005, 09:03 AM

An entitled pro athlete acting like an entitled pro athlete? SHOCKING.

04-07-2005, 01:45 AM
tk13 ... Join Date: Nov 2001 Casino cash: $1432500	Flanagan: Damon reveals Sam Malone lifestyle in new book http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...s/11329591.htm ‘Idiot' Damon is swinging away in book JEFFREY FLANAGAN Remember that innocent, lovable image that Johnny Damon once portrayed as he came up through the Royals system? Say bye-bye to that. Damon probably torpedoed that for good now that his long-awaited book Idiot: Beating The Curse and Enjoying the Game of Life has landed in the bookstores. Damon reveals himself as the stereotypical self-indulgent, sex-crazed ballplayer who used women and dumped his wife after finally making it to the big time. Damon writes that he made the decision to divorce his high school sweetheart, Angie Vannice, at the start of the 2002 season. The couple have 5-year-old twins. After telling her to leave their home near Boston and go back to Orlando, Damon said, Vannice came back against his wishes. At that point, Damon writes, he told her, “ ‘There's no reason for you to be here' … Just to push her buttons I added, ‘I was with three more girls while you were gone.' ” After Vannice left for good, Damon said he really started to have some fun. “If you're good-looking and a ballplayer, girls want a piece of you,” he wrote. “For the rest of the (2002) season, I met some women, some good, some bad. I had some one-nighters that I had never gotten to experience before. It was fun. I ended up having to carry around a separate cell phone for the women to call me. I didn't want them to have my main number because my phone would have been ringing off the hook and it just got tiring.” Damon said he never had problems finding women once he left Vannice. “After I broke it off with one woman, she told me, ‘I don't mind if you see other girls, too,' ” Damon wrote. “Most women weren't so flexible. I remember one who was clearly a one-night stand who'd call me up and tell me she'd told all her friends we were dating … “One (other) time, I was propositioned by two girls at once, but I passed. Two girls might be able to handcuff me and kill me. Mostly, they just want more of your life than you can give them. I'm sure some of them wanted to get pregnant.” * So what does Vannice think of the book? Naturally, she's embarrassed by the book's details. “I have never said or done anything to promote this,” she told the Boston Herald. “I tried to make things as smooth as possible for the kids' sake.” She blames the divorce on Damon's new wife, Michelle Mangan, whom she calls a “home-wrecker.” “In baseball, as the wife, you are always the last to know,” Vannice said. “I found pictures of him and her together. He told me at the time we were breaking up that there were three (other women) and he couldn't decide between the three of them…. “I had 15 years with the guy. Then all of a sudden, I'm the scum of the earth. I'm kicked to the curb.” Damon writes that his ex-wife just didn't understand. “I wanted to live, have fun, not pick out furniture,” he wrote. * Brandon Rush, younger brother of Kareem and JaRon, has been chosen to replace Gerald Green on the 10-man U.S. Junior National Select Team that will face an under-19 World Select team in the Nike Hoop Summit on Saturday in Memphis. Green, an Oklahoma State signee, withdrew because of a back injury. Rush, the only member of the team yet to sign with a college, is expected to visit Oklahoma within the next week.
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