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Except maybe the $140 million payroll. And the obnoxious bandwagon-jumping fans. And Jason Giambi abandoning Oakland. And the embarrassment of riches that is trading for Jeff Weaver, who they don’t even start, but who would start on every other team in baseball. And trading for Raul Mondesi because you’re the only team capable of doing so, and hey, another All-Star-caliber player never hurt anybody...
...many other teams to like. Minnesota is the best story in baseball; their own owner wanted them to lose last year and they barely dodged contraction. St. Louis is playing out of its mind in memory of fallen pitcher Darryl Kile. Oakland won 100 games after losing Giambi and not adding much payroll. Bonds has playoff ghosts to shake, and even the people who like the Braves the least realize they should have won more than one puny world championship over the last decade. And the Angels are the saviors of baseball...
...Jason Giambi mused after Sunday’s game, “It’s unbelievable, the magic that kind of happens around here...
...10th pitch of his at-bat, Giambi checked his swing on a high-and-tight offering and tapped an excuse-me dribbler that rolled down past the unmanned third base position for a single...
Bernie Williams followed Giambi by bouncing a single that (of course) skipped under the glove of right fielder Trot Nixon, allowing the runner to score and Williams to advance to third base. The Yanks went on to win with a bases-loaded walk drawn by Jorge Posada...