DAMON MULLED RETIREMENT By GEORGE A. KING III February 21, 2008 -- TAMPA - Early in last year's Yankees camp, Johnny Damon believed it was time to leave baseball. His desire to continue was drained from a family problem, and he thought about retiring shortly after the 2006 season. Before leaving for home early in last year's camp and missing two days, Damon said he met with Joe Torre and Brian Cashman and was contemplating leaving $39 million on the table. "I talked to them about it, that it was weighing on my mind," Damon said yesterday, after he was quoted on SI.com talking about the possibility of retiring. "I let them know what I was thinking. But I told them it would be a [horsespit] move if I did it [in spring training] instead of at the end of [2006]. I got through it and then I had to deal with nagging injuries." Damon, 34, is in better physical and mental shape this year and looking forward to putting his name in the discussion of good players after batting .270 and hitting 12 homers last year. He is signed through next year. Damon去年春训时曾因家事请假，当时他其实想过退休，对此他跟现金人和拖瑞谈过 但後来觉得这是个错误的决定而放弃。 今年的他在身心上都比去年好，希望有更好的表现。 n Torre has long admired Andy Pettitte's character and professionalism on top of his ability to win big games for the Yankees. So, when Pettitte surfaced in the Mitchell Report as an human growth hormone user, something he admitted to shortly after, and gave sworn deposition before Congress, Torre was at Pettitte's side. 拖瑞一直很佩服Pettitte的人格与专业。所以当他卷入禁药问题并承认时， 拖瑞在Pettitte这边。 Thirty minutes before Pettitte entered a packed press conference at Legends Field on Monday, Torre reached Pettitte on a cell phone and calmed the left-hander's frazzled nerves. 当星期一佩提特开记者会的前三十分钟，拖瑞和他通上电话， 并帮助他消除紧张的情绪。 "He apologized to me like everybody else," Torre said. "I let him know I was there for him. He may have done the things he said he did, but when you know what kind of human being he is and the heart he has, he doesn't have to apologize." 「他跟我道歉，就像他对其他人一样」拖瑞说，「我让他知道我支持他， 他也许做了他说他做过的错事，但当你知道他的为人的话，他不需要道歉…」 Pettitte threw 45 pitches in a bullpen yesterday and said his arm was fine, but "I need to get my legs underneath me." Pettitte admitted his busy winter that included trips to Washington and meetings with lawyers cut into his workout time. Though his velocity trailed bullpen mates Kyle Farnsworth, Phil Hughes and Mariano Rivera, Pettitte wasn't alarmed. "I never try to throw hard, the bullpen is to build arm strength and work on location," Pettitte said. "My pen was normal." Pettitte昨天丢了45球的牛棚，说他的手感觉不错，但可能要加强下盘。 他承认这个冬天他忙於处理其他时间包括去华盛顿和他的律师开会， 使得他不得不减少训练。虽然在牛棚的球速不及队友 Kyle Farnsworth, Phil Hughes and Mariano Rivera，但他并不担心。「我从不想投快， 牛棚的目的是增强手臂的力量及投球时的精准度」，他说，「我的牛棚很正常」 n Having secured Alex Rodriguez for the next decade, Hank Steinbrenner was asked if there were plans to get Derek Jeter signed beyond 2010 when his contract expires. "I am not going to discuss that at this point," Steinbrenner said. "He has always been special to us and will always be taken care of." 在确定A-rod在未来十年都是洋基人後，Hank Steinbrenner被问到是否会计画在 2010Jeter合约到期後再续约。Hank说现在我不想这件事。他对我们而言很特别， 我们将好好照顾他。 n Add the Damons to the list of Yankee families expecting babies. Rodriguez and wife Cynthia are awaiting the birth of a girl in April, and yesterday Johnny Damon said his wife Michelle is expecting their second child in October. 把戴蒙一家列入洋基中等待新成员的家庭，A-Rod夫妇将在4月迎接女儿的诞生， 而在昨天Johnny Damon说他妻子的预产期在十月.... http://tinyurl.com/34z65n --

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