Portfolio: Lidz: Jason Giambi: Bronx Cheer

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The G-string...uh, no thanks. Off the field, Giambi is a freewheeling character with a smile as wide as the gap in left center at Yankee Stadium. He loves strip joints, cites Letters to Penthouse as his favorite work of literature, and lives by the motto “Party like a rock star, hammer like a porn star, rake like an all-star.” “I’m a year older than Mickey Mantle was in his final game,” he ... [link]

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Giambi - Now & Later
Published 5/16/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
Franz Lidz looks at Jason Giambi at Portfolio.com. (Not a BALCO mention to be seen.) Hat tip to BaseballThinkFactory.org. Two snips: “I’m a year older than Mickey Mantle was in his final game,” [Giambi] says. “My teammates used to call me the Modern-day Mick because I could play all day and party all night. Now I’m more of a family guy. I drive an Escalade to the ballpark.” What’s the name of that family, the Sopranos? Giambi doesn’t plan to hang up his ...

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