Yankees' Giambi declined Home Run Derby invitation

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Projo Sox Blog found this 7/14/2008 on www.nj.com [flag]
Jason Giambi provided the Yankees with their only run of the game Sunday with a solo home run. It will be the last he hits for a while. Giambi confirmed Sunday that Major League Baseball asked him to participate in... [link]

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Baseball Today: Monday, July 14
Published 7/14/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... IF I AIN'T STARTIN', I AIN'T DEPARTIN': Or if not startin', at least participatin'. Jason Giambi turned down a chance to compete in the Home Run Derby because he's not a member of the All-Star Game. (nj.com) ...

Yanks down, but certainly not out of it
Published 7/14/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... which last year went on for what felt like three days. In other news... Yankee prospect Jesus Montero showed up for the futures game, but speculation continues that he won't actually be a catcher in the bigs . Montero got significant attention , but other prospects did quite well on the bigger stage as well. Do people want to chill a little bit about Jorge Posada's defense now ? Posada's close to returning to full-time catching duties . MLB actually wanted Jason Giambi to participate in the home run derby . Interesting. The ...

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The LoHud Yankees Blog found this 7/14/2008 on www.lohud.com

Major League Baseball invited Jason Giambi to participate in tomorrow's Home Run Derby, but he declined, based on not being an All-Star. "That's all it is. If I were in the game, I'd love to do it. But I can't see sticking around for one day," said ...
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The Big Lead found this 7/14/2008 on mypinstripes.blogspot.com

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 ...
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