Pettitte steps in
New York Yankees Fan Blog —
... (though he didn't quite backtrack) on his words yesterday. Nuke LaLoosh wearing a garter is funny. Jason Giambi in a "gold lame thong"... not so much. Giambi explains , "I had it over my shorts and stuff. I was 0-for-32 and I hit a homer on the first pitch. That's the only time I've ever worn it." The only time? Where did it come from, then? Inquiring minds want to know. (Actually, no we don't. Let's just move on.) ...
Jason Giambi Will Be In His Thong Today
Mets Merized Online —
... The Yankee slugger revealed Friday he slips on a gold lamé thong with a flame-line waistband when he's trying to get out of a hitting slump - and he's shared it with his teammates. "It works every time," Giambi told the Daily News after his secret was outed on Portfolio.com. ...
Mr. Jason Giambi
Fantasy Baseball Through The Eyes of a Gaijin —
Jason Giambi of the Yankees seems to wear a golden thong when he's in a slump and trying to get back on track. Jason Giambi and his magic gold thong
What can be Dunn in a slump?
Mojo Blog —
... you’re receiving."
I think we are lucky no prove of this exists on tape. Jason Giambi’s lower back in a golden thong would certainly traumatize most who saw it. Brrrrr.
Also, considering how superstition and washing clothes usually do not work well together, I’m a bit releaved Derek Jeter wore it over his shorts
Links: Dunn is in dark over his struggles; Outfielder says he feels fine at the plate, Jason Giambi and his magic gold thong
‘Kudos & Wet Willies,’ break up the Rays edition
Bugs & Cranks —
... Jason Giambi: This ‘Wet Willie’ isn’t for Giambi’s hitting this season, which has been putrid enough to deserve one. It’s for him putting the picture of his needle pock-marked butt in a thong in my head. Yuck! ...
PINSTRIPES AND GOLD THONG A NATURAL FIT
With Leather —
... Those last place New York Yankees are turning to the storied tradition of nutty baseball superstitions to right the ship in what's looking like an ever more moribund season. Rummaging through his armoir filled with needles anddead strippers, Jason Giambi found just the answer: gold thongs for all. Okay, gold thongs for one, but it can be a communal thing. Less gay that way. ...
Virescent
Empyreal Environs —
... Highlights: Jim Rice was in rare form in the pre-game show. When asked about Jason Giambi’s gold lamé thong and his penchant for sharing it with his slumping teammates, he said, “I like my teammates, but I don’t like them that well.” The crowd chanted “We want Gagne!” as the score tipped heavily into Boston’s favor and the bullpen options thinned. Yesterday pitchers were handing out home runs like the sign-wielding evangelist on Brookline Avenue hands out pamphlets: indiscriminately but with determined vigor. ...
How 'Bout Them Yankees?
Boston Dirt Dogs —
... Jason Giambi and His Magic Gold Thong ... And Damon Wants to Wear One, Too
Otherwise It's Been All Bad News for the Last Placemats from the Bronx in '08 as the Yankees' Season is Slipping Away NY Post: A-Rod Must Produce A-SAP Hank: 'We're Just About Ready to Go on a Tear' Lupica: A-Rod Gets Another Chance to Prove He's MVP Newsday: For Yankees, Best Days May Be Thing of Past NY Times: Support for Girardi, a Bit Less for Cashman
Wednesday’s Best and Worst of Fantasy Baseball
The Fantasy Factor —
... at people again.
…as for the bums
Position Player
Mark Teixeira- Atlanta Braves (1B)
Vs. Chicago Cubs
0-for-4, 2 K
Don’t mess with Dumpster.
Pitcher
Darrell Rasner- New York Yankees
Vs. Oakland Athletics
Loss: 3.2 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 4 K
Maybe Giambi should just mass produce his little good luck charm.
Photo of the Week
Wax Heaven —
... I have no words for this.
…and here I thought the Golden Thong was bad!
...
First-Half Hardware
Baseball Digest Daily —
... After missing about half of the 2007 season and putting up an abysmal .236/.356/.433 line, Giambi has rebounded, playing in most of his team's game and putting up a line of .263/.398/.548 and should start the All-Star Game at first base in New York. Maybe it's the thong. ...
Is the ’stache an All-Star?
Bugs & Cranks —
... ’stache is, apparently, related to the fountain of youth. Since its appearance on the scene a couple of months ago, Giambi, 37, has been hitting like the young Giambi of the long-past Oakland days.
The ’stache appeared at roughly the end of April, when Giambi looked finished. A .154 batting average had the blogosphere clamoring for Shelley Duncan to play first base (yeah, that would have been smart), and had Giambi searching for answers.
The golden thong had apparently lost its magic, so Giambi turned to the ...
Cubs Fans Try Spinning Time to Reverse World Series Curse
The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network —
... "We need to change the collective negative energy of 100 years to positive energy if they are going to win the World Series this year, and in the future," Fineman explained. "The 1200-Month Fan is the antidote, the force to shift the energy to positive. Let's get rid of the foreboding, of waiting for something to go wrong. Let's know that the 1200th month is ours, let's fill the Cub nation with positive energy." One has to admit, it’s a better plan than something Jason Giambi might consider Source: The 1200-Month ...
John Rolfe: The too much information age
SI.com - Extra Mustard —
... Chris Cooley . Perhaps you're among the fortunate who weren't mentally scarred forever by a glimpse of the Redskin tight end's best friend before it was hastily snipped from his blog. As accidental as Cooley's trouser press leak was, it underscored the splendor of the Information Age: you're very likely to learn more about your heroes than you really care to know. Thus, Cooley joins Jason "Golden Thong" Giambi as a frontrunner for this year's Too Much Information Award. Giambi's public admission that he dons a bit of gold lame lingerie when trying to bust a slump precludes ...
Who Says You Can't Go Home?
Surviving Grady —
... The Man With The Golden Thong is returning to the birthplace of steroids in Major League baseball, where he began his sleazy career 14 years ago. After 7 years in New York, which banked him over $115 million but ZERO championships, Giambino will ...
Lego baseball stars and other athletes... thong included
Red Sox Monster —
... missing is a lil' Lego Enza Sambataro . In any event, on to the next Lego culprit, Jonathan Papelbon. I'm not quite as sold on him, but unless a pull string and voice box spouting ridiculous sayings is included, I'm not sure there is much to add: papelbon With Super Bowl weekend right around the corner, though, a lil Lego Terry Tate is always timely. Woo! Terry Tate, Office Linebacker And finally, in a moment of artistic brilliance, here's Lego Jason Giambi... gold thong included : giambiback For more Lego athletes, check out this Flickr ...
YES Airbrushes A-Rod out of the picture
The Hardball Times —
... Ultimately I think it doesn't matter much. Today's press conference will result in a fresh batch of bloody stories for Rodriguez this evening and tomorrow, but eventually people are going to stop pestering him for answers he can't or won't provide. Then they'll watch him hit, and watch the Yankees win a lot of ballgames this year. Or they wont. When any of those things happen, the focus will move to other things.
Don't believe me? Ask Jason Giambi's mustache. Or his golden thong, for that matter. Order the Hardball Times ...
Power Rankings (Delayed Post)
Yanks Go Yard | A New York Yankees Blog —
... with his WWE Raw being double booked in Denver against the Nuggets Vs. LA. (and don’t believe the hype, he’ll find a place to hold Monday Night Raw, he just loves the free media.). After the 3rd straight walk off on Sunday, Damon did post game interviews with his WWE Replica belt (given to him by A.J. Burnett’s kids) over his shoulder and every newspaper in NYC ran a story about this magical belt being passed around the locker room (better than this) to the player of the day. Though, A-Rod recently avoided a ...
Let Me Re-Introduce Myself...
Fack Youk —
... trips from Albany to Yankee Stadium a year.John was right on here. Once again, the day after the clinch, the sports radio circuit was bitching about the Yankees buying their 27th World Championship without acknowledging that the Yankees payroll decreased. Also, how about some acknowledgement for Cash signing the right guys in Teix, CC and AJ, guys who could handle the atmosphere of the Bronx and perform when it really matters, unlike those tall cranky lefties, guys who wear golden thongs, spar with concrete, smoke pot on airplanes and harass ...
