And I don’t blame him.

Some idiot at a WNBC-TV in NYC wrongly reported that Johnny Damon and others would be named in the Mitchell report before it’s release on Thursday.

He was flat wrong:

Forty-one of the players named by WNBC were not mentioned in the Mitchell report, including big-name stars like Albert Pujols, Jason Varitek, Nomar Garciaparra, Mets catcher Ramon Castro and Yankees slugger Johnny Damon.

Damon discovered that he was on the NBC list when he heard from his family.
“I woke up and my brother is telling me there are reporters at my father’s house,” Damon told The Post. “My dad told them, ‘My son isn’t a liar, my son doesn’t lie.’”

The center fielder was furious, and considered suing the station.

“It sucks, I am wondering if there is any legal course to turn to,” Damon said. “I walk around with my shirt off. If I had anything to hide I wouldn’t do that. I really don’t know what to say. There seems to be some people who don’t like me…

“I asked my agent about legal action, but he said it wasn’t worth it. Maybe the president [of NBC] will write me a nice letter.”

What will happen to him? Probably nothing. Just another rogue reporter looking for a story. He said he “checked it (sources) and rechecked it” but was “sorry for the mistake.”

Sorry pal, not good enough.