Via the The Fabulous Forum, Lisa Guerrero talks about when she, Scott Erickson, and the Damons had dinner – and how the Yankees fear the Angels’ “Rally Monkey” –

Last month, my husband and I had dinner in New York with Johnny Damon and his wife, Michelle. The subject of the Rally Monkey came up –- don’t ask me why –- and he said that the Yankees “fear him.”

Derek Jeter told Johnny that while in the dugout during the 2002 ALCS, several members of the team were watching the scoreboard in Anaheim during a Rally Monkey video. Derek stepped in front of them and warned his teammates to avert their eyes. “Don’t look at the monkey, whatever you do, don’t look at the monkey.” They laughed him off, watched the video anyway and the Angels defeated the Yankees three games to one and the rest was history.

Johnny told us that he believes in the power of the primate.

Looks like Johnny Damon and Scott Erickson formed a bond back when they were on the 2006 Yankees. Other than that, I don’t know what else to make out of this story…outside of a good excuse to play this video…