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December 21, 2005

Lucchino: We tried hard to re-sign Damon

BOSTON -- Red Sox President Larry Lucchino thinks Boston made a "strong and concerted" effort to re-sign Johnny Damon and spoke to the center fielder's agent as recently as yesterday, when he agreed to a preliminary deal with the rival New York Yankees.

Lucchino and co-general managers Jed Hoyer and Ben Cherington declined during a Fenway Partk news conference this afternoon to discuss details of their offer to Damon, but conceded that the negotiations ended abruptly with the news Damon agreed to a $52-million, four-year deal with New York.

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-- Associated Press

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