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February 16, 2015After much speculation and reading of proverbial tea leaves, former Cleveland Indians DH Jason Giambi finally made it official and announced his retirement from Major League Baseball, releasing a statement to the New York Daily News.
Jason Giambi tells the Daily News he's retiring from baseball. His statement in his own words: http://t.co/eqxmmAPDi3 (Full story to follow)
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) February 16, 2015
Giambi played the final two seasons of his career in Cleveland for the Indians where, despite a relative lack of production, he was one of the most popular players in the clubhouse and one of the strongest leaders in the locker room.
For Giambi, the question now focuses on his post-playing plans. The Indians have already made it known that they would love to have Giambi be back with the team in some kind of non-playing position. Giambi made no indication of his future plans at all in his statement.
You can read Giambi’s entire retirement announcement at the New York Daily News.
[New York Daily News: Jason Giambi announces retirement, thanks family and baseball friends]
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I would love to see him back with the Indians as a coach. Perfect addition to any clubhouse.
Giambi received a lot of criticism during his time here, but he did give us this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8y3SHtomn8
Magic.
I never liked the version of Jason Giambi the player that we received, but I always respected the person.
What’s not to like?
https://pristineauction.s3.amazonaws.com/16/160698/main_1-Jason-Giambi-Signed-Athletics-Sports-Illustrated-Magazine-JSA-Hologram-PristineAuction.com.jpg
That is the thing with Giambi. When I would have liked him as a player, I would not have liked him as a person (cheating w/ PEDs, hyper-competitive pouter). Great redemption story for him personally, though not professionally (as a player, the redemption has helped create a spot for him as a coach/manager).
I’m not a huge baseball guy (I always feel like whenever I comment on baseball stories I need to say this so people know ahead of time that I am probably talking out of my behind), but I always loved the Giambi redemption story. When everyone else was insulting our intelligence and denying to their bitter end their use of PEDs, Giambi took accountability for it. He apologized and didn’t treat us all like we were morons. For that, I always respect Giambi.
Andy Pettite should get a hat tip here too.
For what exactly?
Here’s a string of Pettitte’s history with PED’s:
2006 – ” have done it natural”
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/oct/02/sports/sp-reax2
2007 after being named in the Mitchell Report – “In 2002 . . . for two days I tried human growth hormone.”
later 2007 when put under oath – ” he also took injections in 2004″
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3243667
He said he’s clean when there was no evidence against him, then admitted to using just once when evidence of the one time came out, then said it was just twice when evidence of more use came out. He’s a full of crap as the next guy when it comes to being truthful about PED use.
Fair enough, thought about digging up the timeline and did not before commenting. Thank you.
Maybe this belongs in the WWW thread, but issues like this are what annoys me about the sports media. They harp on about how the importance of having an unbiased ear in the locker room to represent the fans, when they provide nothing of the sort. If you’re a nice guy to them, like Giambi to Hamilton or Pettitte to the NY media, you get a vastly different narrative than if you’re Alex Rodriguez.