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The LoHud Yankees Blog found this 5/16/2008 on www.lohud.com [flag]
NEW YORK - Jason Giambi and Carlos Delgado are not running away from Father Time, because, truthfully, they're just not fast enough. Running has never been what they do. No, Giambi and Delgado are swinging. They are hacking, flailing and swatting at Father Time with their considerable bats, each man trying to knock away the reality that will forever confront all ballplayers of a certain age. ... [link]

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Today in The Journal News
Published 5/16/2008 by Peter Abraham at The LoHud Yankees Blog
First off, cool illustration by Chris Brown of The Journal News. How talented is that guy? It’s for a story Sudden Sam Borden did on struggling first basemen Jason Giambi and Carlos Delgado as we head into the Subway Series. The Yankees lost again in Tampa Bay as Scott Kazmir dominated them. Now comes Johan Santana. Darrell Rasner had a bad experience against the Mets last season. This notebook also has news on a step forward for A-Rod. The Mets had a no-hitter going for a while then lost to the Nationals. Billy Wagner then let a couple of teammates have it. Brian Heyman has that story. Now that Joe Torre is in Los ...

Just have to laugh
Published 5/16/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . Davidoff earns some bonus points from us by including a quote from the great Frank Drebin from The Naked Gun : "Nothing to see here. Please disperse." Sam Borden spotlights the struggling first basemen on both squads. Kat O'Brien ...

The NY Media and fan's obsession with scapegoating Jason Giambi
Published 5/16/2008 by Ross (noreply@blogger.com) at Yankee Stadium Insider Blog
I love how the mainstream sports media is writing articles about the "struggling first basemen in NY". (I hate to pick on Borden, because I like his coverage, but this is just a perfect opportunity to get on my soap box for a minute). Carlos Delgado has an OPS + of 78 and Giambi is at 116. Giambi's OPS is 16% better than the rest of MLB Derek Jeter? 103 Jose Reyes? 96 Robinson Cano? 60 But yea, Giambi is really the guy to call out here. When will sports writers stop looking at batting average as the end all and be all statistic? Giambi has scored 16 runs and driven in 20 runs. Hideki Matsui has scored 16 runs as well, but has only driven ...

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