Decision day for whether Johnny Damon goes on the disabled list could come today or tomorrow, but he showed enough as a pinch-hitter yesterday for Joe Torre to sound optimistic about him afterward. Damon singled, stole second and went to third on a throwing error in the seventh inning, when he batted for Kevin Thompson. He tried to go out to the outfield after the inning, but was stopped by Torre. Before the game, Damon had volunteered to start, but also admitted to Torre that his strained abdominal muscle wasn't feeling any better. "Johnny seemed fine," Torre said "It surprised me when he took off. It was good to see the base hit, too. It looked like he had a lot of life in his body. It gives you a little more hope that the DH spot, he can give us a little shot."