From Jesus to Sampson?
By lefty
Johnny Damon was often compared to Jesus Christ because of his long hair and beard. Let's hope that getting it cut off doesn't change the comparison to another biblical character by the name Sampson.
The fact that a very attractive woman did the cutting doesn't help, but her name was Letizia - and not Delilah.
Damon had been growing his beard since before spring training. But for charity and a Gillette endorsement, Damon is now clean shaven. In front of hundreds of fans at Boylston Plaza in Boston, the Red Sox center fielder climbed into a barber's chair on an elevated stage, donned an apron, and sat still while a Gillette M3Power razor took away months of growth. YankeesSuck.com was there to witness the extreme makeover and he autographed a couple of our logo hats. Damon will donate the fee he received from Gillette to the Read Boston program. This good deed should please the baseball Gods, as Damon's good nature and autograph signing pleased the fans.
As those of us who were forced into Sunday school know, Sampson lost all his power when Delilah cut off his hair. The good news, Sox fans, is that the power came back when his hair grew back. And even though the beard is gone, he's keeping his long hair. Damon has said he can grow a beard back in two weeks, so if there is a ConEd-style power outage of his bat, that can be easily rectified by tossing the M3Power razor.
Click Here for a Boston.com slide show of the event.
The Story of Sampson and Delilah
Check out this slide show of photographs by Boston Red Sox fan John Muller.
