From the Boston Globe....
Hair's Johnny: Damon shocks
His appearance sets him apart
By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff, 2/26/2004
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- "Bless you," Johnny Damon said yesterday as he entered the Red Sox clubhouse. "Bless you all."
Heads turned as Damon, fully bearded, with his brown hair flowing to his shoulders, submitted one of the best impersonations of Jesus of Nazareth this side of "The Passion of the Christ." But no one knelt before him.
This was just Damon after all, as colorful and unconventional as ever. Good thing he doesn't work for George Steinbrenner, who would promptly dispatch him to the barber.
"[General manager] Theo [Epstein] told me I can keep it," Damon said of his look, one of the wildest in the game. "I don't think we want to compare ourselves to the Yankees. We'll do everything the opposite of what they do."
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Based on the last sentence, I guess this means that they don't want to win championships, since the Yanks win them and the BoSox don't. Kinda taking it to extremes to not be like the Yanks.
