Roger Clemens, Jason Giambi Also Pounded Beers! This Story Won't Go Away

Since this story won't seem to go away, we're gonna go ahead and join in the fun.

According to the New York Daily News, chronic douches Rogers Clemens and Jason Giambi have joined in the debauchery, as reports have surfaced that they, too, drank beer in the dugout and clubhouse during games. You know, back when they were relevant.

So yes. It turns out the Boston Red Sox aren't the only team to have participated in "rally beers" -- a term coined by another player we rabidly dislike, A.J. Pierzynski.

Yankees clubhouse insiders claim that Giambi and Clemens would pass brewskis disguised as a "protein shake" back and forth on the bench during games on a routine basis. Funny, that's not the first interest they've shared. Now they get to share a shoddy reputation... as if either of them had a shining one in the first place.

[Courtesy of Larry Brown Sports]

Jason Giambi Gets to Play, Hits Three Bombs

Jason Giambi still plays baseball? smashed three home runs for seven RBI Thursday evening - in his first three at bats no less -- during the Colorado Rockies' 7-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Three bombs in one game, people. At the tender age of 40. His first two longballs came off Kyle Kendrick in the first and third innings before he went deep off Danys Baez in the fifth.

He then struck out swinging during his final two at bats and now has four homers on the season to compliment his .194 batting average.

Giambi became the second-oldest player to go yard three times (thrice?) in a single game since Stan Musial did it back in 1962 when he was 41.

So Long Jason Giambi

Jason Giambi's reunion with the Oakland Athletics didn't go as well as planned.

The team released the struggling, oft-injured slugger on Friday after his average reached epic-suck proportions (.193) just before he landed on the disabled list on July 20th with a strained right quadriceps muscle.

Happy Halloween

Ok, in the sprit of Halloween, here is a strange baseball story that might even involve Roger Clemen's gold thong, if you believe in that sort of thing.

The world is full of mysteries. Like, do some of these guys like Kevin Youkilis, Jason Giambi, Todd Jones, do they really think their facial hair looks good? Like, handsome even? Can't figure that out.

Enjoy.

XOXO Maggliana

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Just Another Baseball Chick

Sooze has been very busy recruiting. I am yet another proud addition to the Babes Love Baseball website. I live in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and I am a cradle Tigers baseball (sad) fan. I am using the name Maggliana 1) because it's more interesting then Sara and 2) I am truly impressed by Magglio Ordonez's creativity in naming his daughter. Really, he could've just pulled a George Foreman.

I think well-played baseball is totally sexy. I think Giambi should be thrown in jail for that thing on his face. And coming from someone who the term "throwing like a girl" would be a vast improvement, I just love to watch the game. Really. I'm one of those freaks who still think it's the best sport.

And I'm pulling for the Twins cuz I want to see the White Sox go down. Hard.

Thanks to Sooze for the invite, and hello to the rest of you. Let your freak flags fly.

You Call that a Slump Buster?

Jason Giambi is not afraid to show his feminine side.

The 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 actual slump buster in 2005, when the Giambino won the Comeback Player of the Year award.

[NY Daily News]

Jason Giambi Escapes Bud Selig Spanking

After Jason Giambi announced "personal history regarding steroids" commissioner Bud Selig announced he won't be punishing the New York Yankees slugger in light of charity work and cooperation with baseball's steroids investigation.

Cooperation... as in "donating" $100,000.

It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall in Giambi's meeting with former senate majority leader and dirt dig-up spearhead George Mitchell. Who was ratted out? The fact that he doped wasn't revealed then, considering it was well known beforehand.

The 2000 AL MVP and 2005 Comeback Player of the Year missed over two months this season due to a "torn tissue" in his left foot and is batting .268 with nine homers and 26 RBIs in 52 games.

[ESPN]

Fun With Polls: Barry Bonds

In our last poll, we asked whether you thought Jason Giambi would spill the beans to the commissioner's office after being given the ultimatum of talking or being suspended.

36% of you said that Giambi had enough respect for his fellow teammates to not rat anyone out who had used performance enhancing drugs in the past.

14% of voters said they thought he would narc for sure.

The other 14% of you said the Giambino is a mystery to you.

We'll see what happens this Tuesday when he meets with Bud Selig to discuss the outcome of the two weeks he was given to "cooperate" with George Mitchell's steroids investigation.

Onto the next burning question, with even more possible answers!

You either love him or hate him. Either way, Barry Bonds is just 8 bombs away from passing the legendary Hall of Famer Henry Aaron on the all-time home runs list.

What is your take on Bonds' inevitable breaking of The Record?

• 
  Bonds has worked hard for what he has accomplished.
• 
  Bonds' passing of The Record will be a blemish on the game of baseball.
• 
  Records were made to be broken.
• 
  Bonds' achievements are a product of steroid use, therefor invalid.
• 
  I don't give a crap.

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Fun With Polls: Jason Giambi

In our last poll, we asked whether you thought Ozzie Guillen was responsible for the Chicago White Sox recent woes. According to our results, it appears our fine readers believe that the somewhat outspoken Venezuelan skipper is not to blame.

Exactly 58% of you said that the Pale Hose are in a slump simply because they suck at baseball.

Now that that's settled, onto our next question. What is going to happen between now and Tuesday with Jason Giambi?

Commissioner Bud Selig has turned on the heat for the apologetic Yankees slugger, reportedly telling him he has until Tuesday to cooperate... or else.

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  Yes, he will narc out every big league cheater he knows of.
• 
  No, he has to much respect for his fellow players.
• 
  Undecided, he is a mystery to me.

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Jason Giambi: Blah Blah Blackmail

My mom was visiting yesterday and we were watching the news together when a short segment on Jason Giambi's recent discussion with commissioner Bud Selig aired.

After learning that the slugger would be suspended if he didn't cooperate with the investigation, she put a different spin on it. "I don't even know who this guy is, but it sounds to me like he's being black-mailed," she said.

Hmm. Interesting point, moms.

On the 6th of June, Selig told Giambi that he wanted him to meet with MLB's steroid investigation spearhead, former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell within two weeks and to "cooperate fully" with the probe, which began last year in March.

Selig would then make a disciplinary decision on the New York Yankees DH after he named names "completed his activities" with Mitchell and that Giambi's list of names "level of cooperation" would be taken into account.

The players' association said Giambi, currently on the disabled list with a foot injury, would make his decision after consulting with his lawyer and the union.

[USA Today]

Oh, How The Mighty Have Fallen

Jason Giambi will be sidelined at least three weeks with torn tissue in the arch of his left foot, the latest and greatest setback in an absolutely tumultuous season for the New York Yankees troubled designated hitter.

Giambi was checked out by team physicians Thursday and will be placed on the disabled list before tomorrow's opener of the Bristol-Boner-Inducing series at Boston, which he'll attend in a walking boot.

The controversial slugger was moved from first base to designated hitter this year and hit four homers with 17 RBIs to accompany his .322 batting average in April. His foot apparently started to bother him after he played the field for the first time at the end of the month. He attributes his shining .117 May average, three homers and six RBIs to withdrawl discomfort.

The 36-year-old veteran is in the sixth season of a $120 million, seven-year contract with New York and has been in the news more this season than some players are through their entire careers. How could that possibly be a bad thing?

Melky Cabrera will most likely be playing a lot more outfield these days, while Johnny Damon, Bobby Abreu and Hideki Matsui see time in the DH slot.

Does this help or hurt the Yankees' 22-29 record? How will this affect this weekend's series?

[River Ave. Blues]

So, Do We Get Another Apology?

New York Yankees' designated hitter Jason Giambi has had a hell of a week.

Somewhere between admitting that he used steroids and calling for an MLB apology to the fans, he failed to mention that he was busted using other drugs, as well.

That's right. The Giambino flunked an amphetamines test earlier this year, which is the reason behind his additional drug testing.

It's really too bad that an initial failed test is kept confidential, seeing as how Giambi is set to meet with representatives from the commissioner's office as soon as tomorrow. Of course, he declined to comment before last night's loss to the rival Red Sox, saying, "I can't really talk about anything." His agent also would not comment.

Giambi has formed quite a history since joining the Yankees in 2001.

• He testified before a federal grand jury in 2003 concerning his connection to the BALCO steroid controversy.
• He has never publicly failed a steroid test since the results from anonymous "survey" testing in 2003 were never released. However, when he testified before the BALCO grand jury, he admitted to extensive steroid use. That testimony was, of course published a year later by the San Francisco Chronicle.
• In 2004, doctor's discovered a tumor in his pituitary gland, which was treated with corticosteroids - drugs which do essentially the opposite of anabolic steroids as they break down tissue and reduce inflammation. Apparently, he wanted to keep his use of them a secret because he was worried that his fans wouldn't get it.
• This all led up to a 2005 press conference where he offered a vague apology for... doing something bad.

Since Giambi has failed this test (along with possibly more than 80 other players last year) he is subject to six additional tests for the next 365 days from the failed one.

This most recent apology may have been more calculated than we initially thought.
Will Giambi's contract be ripped to shreds? Will he be suspended? Shunned?

I'm guessing another press conference with Giambi seated comfortably next to Joe Torre, each in their own hot seat for another formal I'm Sorry, will set the world right again.

*Under baseball's amphetamines policy, which went into effect last season, a
player who fails a test the first time is not punished and the information
is kept confidential, but he can be tested six additional times within the
next year. After a second offense, the player is suspended for 25 games.

Update: According to Ian from SOX & Dawgs in the comments, the great Peter Gammons is claiming Giambi did not fail an amphetamines test. However, we will never really know for sure, since first failed test results are kept confidential. Also, there's the possibility that he actually didn't take greenies.

[New York Daily News] | [*MLB Testing Policy]

Blah Blah Steroids

Jason Giambi has always had a big mouth. How big it is depends on how big the controversy he's spouting off about. Steroids in baseball is no secret, but the commissioner's office would rather not have it in the spotlight.

It's a little like Big Tobacco holding a Stop Teen Smoking Campaign: we know it's a problem, but let's pretend it's not. But let's also pretend we want everyone to think we think it's a problem.

Still with me?