Jason Giambi

23 June 2009

name players who suffered his fate during their playing careers for a possible peek at his future. Jason Giambi came clean about his steroid use and had the worst season of his career. Alex Rodriguez came clean and is currently batting .213 and was just rested for a couple of games due to fatigue. Maybe Giambi has outlived his baseball ability, maybe Rodriguez is still recovering from his hip surgery, or maybe neither guy was quite the same without a little chemical assistance.

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19 June 2009

eemingly endless fight with the government to prove his innocence despite evidence to the contrary. Jason Giambi, Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettite, Roger Clemens, and Manny Ramirez have all been busted for steroid use. Now, just this week we learned of Sammy Sosa's steroid use, forever tainting one of America's darlings from 1998.

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23 July 2008

Offensively and defensively, the Yankees have been missing the services of Hideki Matsui since June 27, and Jorge Posada on and off for even longer. Matsui is an integral RBI guy to give ARod and Giambi protection in the five or six hole, and is needed more than ever in left with Johnny Damon's shoulder issues. Posada can hit pretty well, but can't throw, so even when he was in the game, other teams ran rampant--Jose Molina and Chad Moeller are decent defensive replacements, but can't match Jorge's bat.

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4 July 2008

After yesterday’s game, the Yankees held a closed-door meeting among coaches and players—reportedly, manager Joe Girardi spoke, followed by Johnny Damon and captain Derek Jeter. In a postgame news conference, Girardi repeatedly (and sometimes heatedly) refused to reveal what was said in the meeting, although the gist of the discussion was obvious: the can’t-lose Yankees have been losing.

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