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Idiot: Beating "The Curse" and Enjoying the Game of Life
Dear Baseball Fan:
I know what you’re thinking: Couldn’t he have come up with a better title?
My mother agrees with you, but unfortunately Genius just doesn’t have the same ring.
Let’s get something straight right away. I may be an idiot, but I’ve tried to do more in this book than just revisit the Red Sox’s Miracle Season.
I want to give you a sense of what it’s like to gro...more
I know what you’re thinking: Couldn’t he have come up with a better title?
My mother agrees with you, but unfortunately Genius just doesn’t have the same ring.
Let’s get something straight right away. I may be an idiot, but I’ve tried to do more in this book than just revisit the Red Sox’s Miracle Season.
I want to give you a sense of what it’s like to gro...more
Paperback, 258 pages
Published
February 10th 2010
by Three Rivers Press
(first published April 4th 2005)
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Putting the fact that Johnny Damon is a backstabbing traitor aside... the book still sucks. I read this before he moved to the Yankees and was appalled by what he chose to share about his life. I actually told my husband I didn't know how I was going to root for him after reading this book. (Luckily I didn't have to) Damon's pig-headed views on women and his disgusting treatment of women will leave a bad taste in your mouth.
Fuck you, Johnny.
Being from Pittsburgh, I don't really have a huge interest in Redsox vs. Yankees. However, being a baseball fan and a stats junkie, I just can't get enough of the 2004 ALCS where the Red Sox came from three games down to beat the Yankees. Just like the 1980 USA Hockey, the story is told about a great rivalry where a team overcame what looked like insurmountable odds and the championship is often an after thought.
Damon does a fantastic job of educating the reader on what it is like to...more
Damon does a fantastic job of educating the reader on what it is like to...more
Let's just say at the outset that the title "idiot" is about right. Johnny Damon talks in depth about his career up to 2005. Time and time again he exhibits a supreme belief in his own greatness and says things he doesn't seem to realize he should be embarassed to say. I'm not talking about political correctness but about a certain self centerdness that is truly amazing to read. Despite that this book grew on me as I read it. While it is always fun to read about the 2004 Red Sox that w...more
Yes, Johnny is an idiot and in love with himself (and his hair), but he's mostly harmless. It was a timely read for me. First of all, I loved reliving the 2004 season and getting the low-down on the mood inside the clubhouse. I loved hearing about how loose the players were and how that contributed to their success. I was also interested in what Johnny had to say about the media. Also timely comments given the last three weeks of Sox bashing we've had to endure. Ironic, though, that the only med...more
Hoo boy. Er ... Damon should stick to baseball. It was fun to see some of the behind-the-scenes moments of the 2004 World Series, but for the most part, I'd skip this one, given the choice again. Damon is just a bit too full of himself for my taste.
So I read Johnny Damon's book.... and like everyone I know that had read it had been telling me, it was horrible. I complained so much to my husband about it before even being half-way through it, he told me to stop reading and put it on ebay.
I finished it, but god it was a struggle. I've never rolled my eyes and literally sighed aloud in so much exasperation at a book before. What a horrible a-hole he is. It was 240 pages too long of patting himself on the back, blaming his ex-wife, T...more
I finished it, but god it was a struggle. I've never rolled my eyes and literally sighed aloud in so much exasperation at a book before. What a horrible a-hole he is. It was 240 pages too long of patting himself on the back, blaming his ex-wife, T...more
Every Red Sox fan should read this one. Granted, Damon is no longer with the Sox, but he was when he wrote it - and his true fondness for the Red Sox is very apparent in this book.
The book goes beyond the Red Sox, though. It delves into Damon's life and what it was like for him to grow up with "baseball dreams" - and what it was like to realize those dreams, one by one. There is also a pretty good selection of photographs.
The book is written from Damon's own ...more
The book goes beyond the Red Sox, though. It delves into Damon's life and what it was like for him to grow up with "baseball dreams" - and what it was like to realize those dreams, one by one. There is also a pretty good selection of photographs.
The book is written from Damon's own ...more
This book SUCKED!!! He is SO full of himself, it's sickening. All he does is relive all his old baseball games play by boring play. WHO THE HELL CARES ALREADY!!! Dude get over yourself!!!! He also says how boring the Boston Red Sox players were UNTIL HE came along. How he showed them ALL how to have a good time. How HE brought excitement to the team and how HE made baseball cool. GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
Well where are you now Johnny???? You're a YANKEE!! Where's your l...more
Well where are you now Johnny???? You're a YANKEE!! Where's your l...more
This is a book I wish I could rate by half stars and give it a 2.5. Most of it was entertaining and I always enjoy reading about the Red Sox. The book was written after the 2004 World Series. Leading us to believe the Red Sox was the very best team to play on, he turns around a year later and goes to the Evil Empire [his words not mine:] for more money. Needless to say I don't find him very sincere in his beliefs.
I was a Johnny Damon fan until I read this book. One would think that a gifted ghostwriter like Peter Golenbock (The Bronx Zoo with Sparky Lyle; #1 with Billy Martin) could have
come up with a better read, but Damon is such a self-centered jerk, it would have been an Herculean task.
Damon is a spoiled brat on a huge ego trip.
come up with a better read, but Damon is such a self-centered jerk, it would have been an Herculean task.
Damon is a spoiled brat on a huge ego trip.
I loved this book because I'm a huge Sox fan and this was all about the 2004 season, when they finally won the world series again. I hated this book because it was written by Damon. This guy is so stuck on himself it's ridiculous. The stories of womanizing and stupid stunts didn't impress me at all. The title is perfect for him though, Idiot!
what can I say-I am a Red Sox fan and when I read this he was still on that team- of course now he has defected (!) so I would not read a second book by him
Fun for a Red Sox fan to read in 2005... just after the World Series victory... but honestly, Damon's life story so far just not 'fascinating'
Arielle Smith
added it
my thoughts now are different from when i read them so i'm not rating or reviewing. GO SOX!
A true idiot who went against the grain and ventured to the Yankees. Good story before he left!
I liked this book because it shows the life of Damon and his carrer.He had great research. I like the way the author put stats of Damon at the end of the book thats smart.The man knew his baseball.T rated this book 4 stars the author had problay had johnny himself and used it in his book that why i rated this 4 stars.I want to know why his wife never tusted him because shes calls him saying are you cheating, Don't go out I was annoyed.The book was still amazing.
Johnny Damon is everything that you would expect a big shot major leaguer to be. Self centered and low moralled.
Enjoyable book. It's probably interesting to me since I'm a Sox fan and lived through their last two world series. Lots of inside info to his life and the Red Sox in general during that timeframe. The actual writing and style/structure of writing wasn't that great. I've read much better written books with respect to flow and structure.
Aptly titled. I didn't expect much going in, but still managed to come out disappointed. Damon should definitely stick to baseball, his written work could use much help. It provided a decent backstage look to the 2004 World Series, sure, but that's really the main reason I (and probably anyone else) picked up the book in the first place, and it took FOREVER to get there.
A thoroughly enjoyable quick read. When I read a book like this, I just want to know "inside stuff" about baseball and its players, and Johnny Damon provided a true insider's look to the Sox's historic WS win in 2004.
Can I mention that I HATE when people say that autobiographies are "self indulgent". HELLO!!! it is an AUTO-biography?!!
Can I mention that I HATE when people say that autobiographies are "self indulgent". HELLO!!! it is an AUTO-biography?!!
This was a REALLY good book. It doesn't necessarily mean that I think Johnny is a nwonderful person, but it makes you understand the game a bit more. It also makes things sound more incredulous, like the current 'Manny could be traded' rumors. If you're a baseball fan, read it.
What can I say? I was in love with Johnny for a little while. My copy is autographed and everything.
The book was interesting, and kind of funny. Worth a read if you still like Damon, and don't mind the fact that he cheated on his first wife.
The book was interesting, and kind of funny. Worth a read if you still like Damon, and don't mind the fact that he cheated on his first wife.
I got this book signed by Damon in New York City, and then at the end of the season he goes to the yankees. But I'm over that. But the best part of the book was learning that Damon went to Dr. Pepper High School -- how cool is that?
The coolist thing about the book for me was as I was while he was talking about certain games I could say hey I was at that game!
Tina Holland
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Moranic Yankee Fans (I can't believe I still own this book)
This book is pretty funny. Johnny has a great story and it was fun reading about him.
Melissa
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Recommends it for:
NOBODY!!YANKEE FANS........
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A Yankee fan
I learned from this book what an Idiot Johnny Damon really is;-)
Rebecca
is currently reading it
its a quick read, but i've somehow stalled out.. per usual...
He is an Idiot.
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