Mets-Yankees Subway Series Starts Amid Frustration, Talk of Thongs

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You Call that a Slump Buster?
Published 5/17/2008 by Sooze (noreply@blogger.com) at Babes Love Baseball
... New York Yankees’ first baseman let a little secret out Saturday when the Daily News wondered how he plans out getting out of his current slump, where he is batting just .181. He wears a gold thong under his uniform. This story only gets weirder when several teammates acknowledged trying to wear it, too, including Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon. "Giambi’s a little freaky," said New York Mets skipper Willie Randolph before the Subway series. "I wouldn’t go there."Some sources believe the thong came from an ...

If You're Not Careful, You May Learn Something Before It's Done
Published 5/18/2008 by Greg at Faith and Fear in Flushing
... I can't argue that Jeter's career has been completely overblown by sycophantic hagiographers, no matter that he will always be a sneering weasel in my book. I can't attribute all of Pettitte's good fortunes to a vial he wasn't using to gain an edge. As much as I cringe at Jason Giambi's thongular revelations (Keith's referral to fundamentals as "fundies" made me think he was referring to the Giambalco's funderwear...brrrr), he's still good for a long ball now and then. As dumbfounded as I am that Chamberlain has been hyped to high heavens — well, I'm just ...