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Jason Giambi Grows Up. Sort Of. [Duan!]
deadspin.com - 4/21/2009
Jason Giambi Grows Up. Sort Of. [Duan!]
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Jason Giambi 's recent interview with GQ shows that even though he's now 38-years-old, he's still the same freewheeling maniac that you'd want to host your bachelor party. GQ's Nate Penn did a long feature on Giambi soon after he was the designated big money scapegoat of Major League Baseball ...
Welcome back, Big G
yankees.lhblogs.com - 4/20/2009
Welcome back, Big G
— yankees.lhblogs.com — Jason Giambi will be back in New York today. You can count on a nice ovation from... the fans. The Big G spent seven seasons in New York. He hit only .260 but belted 209 home runs, which is 10th in team history. Giambi had a solid .925 OPS.  ... (more) Welcome back, Big G

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The Giambino Pumped to be Back in Bronx
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 4/21/2009
The Giambino Pumped to be Back in Bronx
— slidingintohome.blogspot.com — Here are a few quote from Jason about his return to the Bronx, this time as a... visitor for the first time since 2001. These quotes come from articles written by Peter Abraham , Sean Brennan , and Brian Lewis . On the new stadium: "It's gorgeous, I mean it's gigantic but it's like, gorgeous," ... (more) The Giambino Pumped to be Back in Bronx

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nydailynews.com - 4/21/2009
For Jason, Stadium is sinking in
— nydailynews.com — After seven seasons in the Bronx, Jason Giambi was back in town with the A's and he... held a mini press conference before Monday's rainout, touching on a variety of subjects. But he seemed happy to be back in New York. (more) For Jason, Stadium is sinking in

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Giambi: A-Rod’s Head Is His Weak Link & Someone Needs To Kick Him
WasWatching.com — Well, that’s sorta what he’s saying…via a GQ Interview with a hat tip to Deadspin - A-Rod famously wants badly to be liked, too. Why do you think it messes with his head on the field when it doesn’t seem to mess with yours? [Giambi:] You gotta learn how to compartmentalize what goes on, on and off the field. There’s also a big difference, I think, when you’re the best player in the game. There’s a different responsibility than getting to be the fun-loving Frank the Tank that I am. When you’re the ...

Morning Link Dump – Cheerleaders, Giambi, Ducks, Tavares
TheScore.com Blog — ... Atlanta Hawks dancer. She probably has a name or something, but who am I, John Google? Some Kind of Marijuana Holiday? Hmmm. I wouldn’t know anything about that, but apparently the “stoners'” celebrate Hitler’s birthday, or something, because yesterday was a big day for them, I’m told. Here we’ve got a list of five “splendid spliffers” from the world of athletics, thanks to Out Of Left Field. Jason Giambi Speaks Deadspin has the highlights from a new GQ article on Jason Giambi, who seems just about ...

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JASON GIAMBI HAS A RETIREMENT PLAN
withleather.uproxx.com 2/24/2009 — Current Oakland A and former New York Yankee Jason Giambi told the San Francisco Chronicle that his post-retirement plans could involve “Maybe [being a] bouncer at a strip joint. That’s about all I’m qualified to do.” It ...
Giambi calls return to A's like returning home from college
sfgate.com 2/20/2009 — Jason Giambi relishes the role of elder statesman in the A's romper room during his second go-round with the team, and he chuckled that several young players had rushed to meet him when he came in. "I said, 'Listen, I don't do balloons and stuff like ...
Jason Giambi: Coming To A Strip Club Near You
nogutsglory.blogspot.com 2/23/2009 — No need to talk baseball because you can no longer say Jason Giambi and baseball in the same sentence. Yeah, he still plays, but at this point who cares? He's only good for quotes like this one in reference to being how much longer he plans to play: What else am I going to do? Seriously. Maybe ...
John Shea on Baseball / Giambi and Johnson: 2 happy ex-Yankees
sfgate.com 3/22/2009 — Neither Randy Johnson nor Jason Giambi won a World Series with the Yankees, which is why neither is viewed in that Paul O'Neill - Scott Brosius "True Yankee" sort of way, whatever the heck that is. Johnson's and Giambi's sin was playing on teams that ...
Vets Giambi, Johnson are happy ex-Yankees
sfgate.com 3/22/2009 — Neither Randy Johnson nor Jason Giambi won a World Series with the Yankees, which is why neither is viewed in that Paul O'Neill - Scott Brosius "True Yankee" sort of way, whatever the heck that is. Johnson's and Giambi's sin was playing on teams that ...
Giambi Returns, but He's Not Quite the Same
bats.blogs.nytimes.com 4/21/2009 — The last time Jason Giambi came to New York and pulled on an Oakland Athletics' uniform, he was hitting .370, approaching his peak, and already had six home runs for the season. Eight years and one Yankee career later, he returned a .227 hitter past ...
A’s Take Giambi Back
fangraphs.com 1/6/2009 — Since the season ended, most people have assumed that Jason Giambi was going to end up back in Oakland. They needed some power in their line-up, even after the Matt Holiday acquisition, and Giambi enjoyed his greatest success as a player during his ...
Duh: Yanks knew about Giambi’s steroid use
riveraveblues.com 3/17/2009 — When Barry Bonds broke the single-season home run record in 2001, most baseball fans knew he was on the juice. They had noticed his transformation from slender leadoff man to hulking power hitter. Not only that, but they noticed how he achieved such ...
The Difference Between Me and You
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 3/22/2009 — Two former Yankees are in the Bay area this year with new teams. Jason Giambi has rejoined the Oakland A's, and Randy Johnson is now with the San Francisco Giants. Both expressed their views on New York and being a Yankee to SF Chronicle writer John Shea , and it's no wonder that their former ...
Giambi Tips Cap to Yanks as He's Welcomed Back to the Bay
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 1/8/2009 — The A's welcomed back Jason Giambi today at a press conference in Oakland. Giambi did not forget to give props to his former team: Giambi made sure to thank the Steinbrenner family and the Yankees organization for fulfilling his "childhood dream" and letting him suit up for them the past ...
Giambi returns to New York, to a different stadium — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 4/21/2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jason Giambi walked into the new Yankee Stadium on Monday and was duly impressed.<...
Giambi still very fond of New York — Major League Baseball News 4/21/2009
After seven at-times turbulent years as a member of the Yankees, new Athletic Jason Giambi maintains fond feelings for his time in New York and believes he grew as a human being during that period.
Giambi Likes Yankees New Digs — Bleacher Report - MLB 4/21/2009
According to Sean Brennan of the Daily News , Jason Giambi held a mini press conference before yesterday’s Yankee game was rained out and talked about how impressed he was with the new stadium. “It’s gorgeous, I mean ...
The Return of the Giambino — Bleacher Report - MLB 4/22/2009
For a lot of fans of sports teams, when a former player comes back after leaving as a free agent, it brings back memories that are either good or bad. Well, here at SWH with the return of the Giambino, tonight for the Yankees series with the ...
A's leading off — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 4/22/2009
STADIUM STAND-UP: Jason Giambi's first take on the new Yankee home: "It's gigantic but gorgeous. I'm sure it's like being one of the people who first walked onto the Titanic." Asked, "So do you think it will sink?" Giambi said, "I'm sure it's not ...