![]() While Dan was in the study getting nowhere, Susan was in the dining room talking with her sources about the breaking trade. "But because other writers, especially, know we're married, people will spend a lot of time pointing it out for the next week or so, like, 'oh, couldn't be reached for comment, huh?' " ![]() ![]() "Had these flowing quotes from Johnny Damon, that she'd somehow reached while he was on vacation in Hawaii, talking about how excited he was," Dan says. The next morning, Dan picked up the San Francisco Chronicle and read Susan Slusser’s story. So my story, very high up, said, 'Damon, who could not be reached for comment. But Dan knew that other reporters would be on the story - especially Susan Slusser, the A’s beat writer from the rival San Francisco Chronicle.ĭan went into his study and started making phone calls. So I had to dive in and kind of give it my best shot." (Courtesy Dan Brown)ĭan’s goal was to get a quote from Damon. "I mean, they were bringing in a big-name guy. "Which obviously was big news," says Dan Brown, a longtime sportswriter for The San Jose Mercury News. 8, 2001, news broke that the Oakland A's were trading for outfielder Johnny Damon. Facebook Email This article is more than 4 years old. ![]()
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