Who is really to blame in the Damon saga?

 You can hate Scott Boras, and I do. His stunt with announcing the Alex Rodriguez opt-out during the world series was a joke. And the impending holdout that almost happened with the Washington Nationals and their first-overall pick Stephen Strasburg--whom Boras thought was worth upwards of 20 million a year without throwing a pitch--was also ridiculous.

And while we as fans have learned to hate him, is it really his fault? Yes, he is a cut-throat agent who will literally do anything (and I mean anything) to get more money in his clients pocket. He doesn't care what it costs (emotionally obviously not financially) and in the end it almost seems like he doesn’t care what his client wants.

Reports are now surfacing that Johnny Damon wanted to be a Yankee so bad that he went back on his 13 million a year or don’t talk to me threat, to say that he would accept a 2 year 20 million dollar contract. About an hour too late.

And while some of you might be mad at Brian Cashman (again, I don’t understand how you can) and while some of you still may not have recovered from the Hideki Matsui incident; whose fault is it really? Damon knew what he was getting himself into when he took on Boras as an agent. He knew Boras was money-first, and he knew that Boras would employ some erm, unorthodox methods.

Let’s also not forget that Damon easily could have told Boras "I want to be a Yankee, but I want 13 million dollars more, so do whatever it takes." If Damon really started to sweat it out, if the rumors of the Yankees replacing him really made him that nervous then he should have picked up the phone, called Boras and said "I want to be a Yankee, make this happen!" But Damon didn’t, or at least he didn’t until it was too late. And now we blame the agent who—quite frankly—was simply doing his job.

I love Johnny Damon, and I truly hope that somehow he remains in pinstripes, but if he doesn’t the fault lies with him not with Boras.