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Damn - how good would a Halladay-Lee-Hamels-Blanton-Happ rotation have looked. I'll stop bitching about losing Lee soon enough but not quite yet. Here are the before and after top 10'sTop 10 Before Top 10 After 1 Domonic Brown, of 1 Domonic Brown, of2 Kyle Drabek, rhp 2 Trevor May, rhp3 Michael Taylor, of 3 Anthony Gose, of4 Travis D'Arnaud, c 4 Sebastian Valle, c5 Trevor May, rhp 5 Phillippe Aumont, rhp6 Anthony Gose, of 6 Jarred Cosart, rhp7 Sebastian Valle, c 7 Antonio Bastardo, lhp8 Jarred Cosart, rhp 8 Tyson Gillies, of9 Antonio Bastardo, lhp 9 Domingo Santana, of10 Domingo Santana, of 10. Scott Mathieson, rhp This article is also featured on DirtyWudders. Last night, the Yankees and Nick Johnson came to terms on a one year/$5.5 million contract that all but ends Johnny Damon's tenure with the Yankees:In a move that almost certainly would end Johnny Damon’s four-year run in the Bronx, the Yankees were close to completing negotiations on a one-year contract with Nick Johnson late Thursday.

A stalemate over salary between Johnny Damon and the Yankees could be broken if Nick Johnson is signed as a designated hitter. According to several people with knowledge of the talks, Johnson would serve as the Yankees’ designated hitter and possibly hit second in the batting order; that was Damon’s spot last season. “It’s part of baseball,” Damon said in a text message. “Teams try to make moves in hopes to improve their club.

I wish them all the best.” The Yankees and Johnson were on the verge of an agreement worth around $5.5 million, pending a physical. Damon made $13 million and was said to want a three-year contract without a pay cut.Given Damon's contractual demands, I don't think anyone can blame the Yankees for moving on and signing Nick Johnson. The Giants were thought to be a logical fit for Damon, but GM Brian Sabean has already taken them out of the running for Damon If the Cardinals fail to re-sign Matt Holliday, could Damon become an option Maybe, but only at the right price.After those four clubs, it's hard to see any other team having serious interest in signing Damon which is an obvious problem for agent Scott Boras. I would expect the strategy out of the Damon camp to remain patient and wait until Jason Bay signs somewhere so that Boras can sell the teams that missed out on Bay on Damon.The problem with that logic is, that the Jason Bay market stinks and that those two players should not be mentioned in the same breath when it comes to contracts. Then again, Boras could sit back and hope that the Mets become so desperate for a splash that they cave into Damon's demands, but even that is highly unlikely.

As good of an agent as Scott Boras is, even he cannot create a market for player that does not exist. Sure, it only takes one team to give Damon the contract he is looking for, but right now, that team is not out there. This article is also featured on Jorge Says No!. After leaving Manchester United for Real Madrid in 2003, David Beckham will get his Christmas wish come true as AC Milan will play Manchester United in the Champions League Round of 16 starting on February 16 in Milan's San Siro and will go to Old Trafford in Manchester on March 10.The day prior to the draw, the on-loan Los Angeles Galaxy striker told the Italian paper La Gazzetta dello Sport that he wanted to face Manchester United in the Round of 16, stating that he would love to face his old side.The last time Beckham played in Old Trafford in the Champions League was seven years ago in a 4-3 thriller over Real Madrid, which Beckham didn't start but got substituted late by manager Sir Alex Ferguson and subsequently scored twice to give United a win, but Real still advanced onto the semifinal.But along with Beckham's return to Old Trafford, this will also be a renewal of one of the bestmatch-ups in the Champions League this decade, as Milan faced United twice this decade and have beaten United twice in the knockout stage.The first time that they did this was in 2005, when Milan beat Manchester United 2-0 on aggregate in the round of 16, including a 1-0 loss at Old Trafford, which ended United's chances of winning the Champions League.And in 2007, Milan faced United in the Champions League semifinal, where they beat Milan 3-2 in the first leg at Old Trafford on a late goal by Wayne Rooney, but lost 3-0 at the San Siro to eliminate United as AC Milan went on to win the Champions League over Liverpool.But regardless, this will be a great matchup to watch, and it will be great to see David Beckham return to the Old Trafford pitch for the first time since he left Man United in 2003.. When the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers meet on the football field this weekend, the Eagles will be looking to strengthen their playoff position while the 49ers are trying to stay in the hunt for a playoff bid. It is a far cry from the 1980s when the San Francisco 49ers were the unquestioned team of the decade and, after opening the decade with a Super Bowl appearance, the Philadelphia Eagles struggled through a stretch of mediocrity.