Little Toy Robot

Two little tidbits about baseball and libraries.

First, Johnny Damon is shaving for charity.

The Red Sox center fielder said Monday he’ll shave the black beard he’s had since the offseason to benefit the Boston public libraries’ reading and tutoring programs for youngsters.

Damon is an over-rated center fielder, but he is one of the most under-rated personalities in a sport that just breeds eccentricity.

When he arrived in Fort Myers, Fla., Damon talked about his unusual after-dark training regime: racing cars on the Orlando street where he lives, which has a 25 mph speed limit.

“Once a car starts coming, I’ll just race it to my house,” he said. “I scare the cars to speed up a little more, seeing a caveman-looking guy with long hair running at 10 or 11 at night.”

Second, Jay Jaffe writes about his trip to the Brooklyn Public Library to look at old baseball photos.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 11th, 2004 at 11:18 am and is filed under baseball.