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After Thursday's embarrassing loss to the Boston Red Sox, Johnny Damon called out his teammates. He admitted that the New York Yankees have been a disappointment this season and they are running out of time to turn their season around.

"We're not playing up to our expectations. That's never good," Damon said after the Yankees emerged from the 30-minute team meeting that followed their 7-0 loss to Boston. "The Steinbrenners spent $200 million on us and we haven't shown what we're made of. I know this is one game and we have 75 games or so left, but we better do something soon. July 31 comes sooner than you know it, and I know a lot of guys here don't want to go to another team or even be in that conversation. This is a team that's built to win, to get to the playoffs and to win a championship. By July 31, we better be in a good spot. We're damn lucky to put on these pinstripes. We definitely need to set a better example of what putting on these pinstripes means."

Damon also said that the Yankees' struggles this year have been embarrassing.

"When you put the pinstripes on, there's a lot of pride that goes with it," Damon said when asked about the Yankees' lineup, which went back to struggling a night after scoring 18 runs against the Texas Rangers. "There's 55,000 fans out there. There are many media outlets that are going to talk about, 'How come the Yankees aren't scoring?' It's embarrassing."

Damon, who is in his third season with the Yankees after being one of the vocal leaders of the Red Sox's first championship team in 86 years, pointedly praised his former team on how it manufactured runs and played "team baseball."

Source: New York Daily News