Damon feeling fine in leftfield for Yankees

At this time last year, the Yankees were planning on playing Johnny Damon in centerfield on a regular basis. Then Damon battled a right calf strain in April and Melky Cabrera kept making positive strides, eventually emerging as the regular centerfielder. Damon, who played in 131 games in centerfield in his first year as a Yankee in 2006, wound up playing only 48 games in center last season. By the offseason, conventional wisdom was that even if Cabrera were traded to the Twins in a package for Johan Santana, Damon likely would not be the starting centerfielder. Continue