Giambi Says No Thanks

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The Big Lead found this 7/14/2008 on mypinstripes.blogspot.com [flag]
According to the Journal News ' Peter Abraham , Jason Giambi became the first major leaguer to be invited to participate in the home run derby despite not being on the All-Star team. Giambi said, "no thanks", and who can blame him. He would be giving up spending 3 days at home in Las Vegas to hang around for 2 hours on Monday night. [link]

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Are You Ready For the (Yawn) Home Run Derby?
Published 7/14/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... The Home Run Derby seemingly lasts forever, no one ever gets the free car, and ESPN drags Chris Berman out from his vacation spot as the creepy guy in the nightclub to scream at us for four hours. It’s also bad business - the Derby is a twisted spectacle that’s an homage to baseball’s most recent venal sin. Image if football had a steroids problem*, and was having contests on who can bench press 800 lbs? We’ve heard of hanging a lantern on your problems, but inviting Jason Giambi to participate is a bit much, no? Instead of a Home Run Derby, why not have a competition to see who ...

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