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Johnny Damon talks with Sun Sports after hitting his 500th career double in Tampa Bay's 7-4 win over the Marlins.
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Like 500 K club to go along with a hundred triples. Get the 200 home runs and now you get 500 doubles what does that mean for me. I mean so much expressly to do it in front of our. Do it from a platoon friendly. You know it it's amazing that hopefully I could keep coming up on. On this deny that South Bend you know if I can still a few more bases like in not much of the and -- the guys are often -- And you get Ellis -- -- those ten guys who were all the hall of fame there's another list where he had 300 steals to the mixed leagues if you would -- -- toward Willie Mays. Pretty nice company. They're great company. You know I. Come on her so much that got to play against them saw him his 2000. But I want to push -- Further and now hopefully we can add another championship. You mentioned doing it here at Tropicana building you had so many. Great years with different teams -- it all the standing ovation here not far from home and be pretty it was a -- why wasn't sure how long that was going to being -- you know the crowd. You know they're they're here is here to support to win you know I'm not one tip of the -- -- -- -- you know they made sure that. They respected the way that. I've played this game over the years that. I guess and it's it's great to be so close to home and to be able to accomplish. So many milestones on base four times tonight a couple of days since he tied to be -- a couple of walks really seem like leadoff spot put. Well I've been doing it for. So long. We made a change in New York you know why I stopped hitting lead off man and benefit us win that way you know World Series and you know that this was a situation where it says use saying. Five different guys you know meant that Mendoza I'm comfortable there. Men we can. Have more of a set line up ahead you know -- -- that was sort of the more runs right now so it's our rest is left of that number two spot than. You know hopefully. We can keep swinging the bat what we knew. The Boston series what was that really one. But hopefully. Put -- bats going again. Keep playing politics final big John Savage he tied city box next on the list Tedy ball game Ted Williams that has to be real special. Yeah that's very special to me I mean everybody that's at ten wounds as being the greatest hitter of all time. A surgery and I mean he he served our country out very well and that that's why his hit total is down. You know playing Boston knowing. -- Big he was there and how big of a career he had that that's that's going to be a great milestone for me congratulations on this milestone makes -- thank you.