JASON GIAMBI

Jason Gilbert Giambi (pronounced /ʤiˈɑmbi/) (born January 8, 1971 in West Covina, California) is a Major League Baseball designated hitter and first baseman for the Oakland Athletics.

He was the American League MVP in 2000 with the Oakland Athletics, and is a five time All-Star who has led the American League in walks four times, in on base percentage three times, in doubles and in slugging percentage once each, and won the Silver Slugger award twice. He attended Long Beach State.

Through December 2006, he is 4th in the majors of all active players in hit by pitch (127; he has been hit 8 times by David Wells in 30 at bats), 6th in on base percentage (.413), and 8th in walks (1,089).

He also is third in the majors in the 2000s, through 2006, in both OBP (.438) and walks (551), 10th in slugging percentage (.582), 13th in home runs (175), and 16th in RBIs (526). Giambi is also known to have taken performance-enhancing drugs during his career, an action for which he has publicly apologized. (via Wikipedia)

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Have Steroids Permanently Tainted Major League Baseball?

via bleacherreport.com ( 111 Days ago )
Steroids have been a cause for concern in the baseball world for the past decade. Thinking about all the great names that have been mentioned in the Mitchell Report such as Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco, Sammy Sosa, Mark Mcgwire, Jason Giambi, Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, and many more, it puts a significant dent in the sport itself. With the increasing popularity of steroids [...]

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Rockies-Phillies: Featuring Two Bouncers From The Double Deuce

via thebiglead.com ( 125 Days ago )
By all accounts, there hasn’t been a current or former teammate who hasn’t loved playing with Jason Giambi or Matt Stairs. It would be hard not to. Stairs is a career role player with a knack for moonshots and moonshine, and Giambi drinks two beers at a time while making no apologies for being fashionably trapped in 1988. The two will no doubt soon join forces to win [...]

MLB Swindler Was “Nostradamus w/ Better Body”

via sportsbybrooks.com ( 141 Days ago )
A few years ago, the NEW YORK magazine published a fascinatingly dull piece about a “life coach” named Azra Shafi-Schelierini who had been spending plenty of time with the Mets and Yankees. There were anecdotes about how easy she is to talk to, and how Jason Giambi “won’t go to the bathroom without her,” which seems just plain weird. But it never really [...]

Money Burning In Mount Vernon Update : Giambi Guru Jailed

via cantstopthebleeding.com ( 142 Days ago )
Azra Shafi-Schelierini, former spiritual advisor to Jason Giambi, alleged Derek Jeter confidante and subject of one of the most discussed posts in recent CSTB history, has been serving time on Riker’s Island stemming from a grand larceny conviction since mid-summer, writes the New York Post’s Stephanie Cohen and Dan Mangan. (photo : William Hauser, taken from New York [...]

Two-Minute Men: Thome, Giambi Bring 995 Homers to Pinch-Hitting Role

via fanhouse.com ( 145 Days ago )
by Jeff FletcherFiled under: Dodgers, Rockies, FanHouse ExclusiveAt some point this October, Tony La Russa or Charlie Manuel is going to want to bring in one of his top right-handed relief pitchers, but he's going to look in the other dugout and see Jim Thome or Jason Giambi holding a bat, and he may think twice.And then maybe he'll think of Matt Stairs. With one rib-jarring swing [...]

Giambi Delivers RBI Single in Rockies Win

via washingtonpost.com ( 158 Days ago )
DENVER -- Jason Giambi came through in the clutch again, delivering a pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth to lift Colorado to a 5-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.

The Latest Scoop

via ballhype.com ( 167 Days ago )
In the previous edition of Stat of the Week, we took a small sample from Baseball Info Solutions' Enhanced Fielding data to compare Jason Giambi and Mark Teixeira's ability to scoop bad throws at first base. We showed that while Teixeira scoops more balls than Giambi, he also plays the field ...The Hardball Times found this 13 hours ago on actasports.com Find more top sports [...]

Rockies Sign Jason Giambi to Minor-League Deal

via fanhouse.com ( 169 Days ago )
by Tom FornelliFiled under: Rockies, NL West, MLB TransactionsIt's been rumored for about a day now, but the Colorado Rockies have made it official by announcing the signing of Jason Giambi to a minor-league contract on Monday. Giambi will report to the Rockies Triple-A affiliate in Colorado Springs where he'll be joined by Russ Ortiz, who also signed a minor-league deal with Colorado [...]

Rockies Sign Jason Giambi to Minor League Deal

via washingtonpost.com ( 169 Days ago )
DENVER -- The Colorado Rockies have signed former AL MVP Jason Giambi to a minor league contract.

Helping Jason Giambi understand his role in Colorado

via bugsandcranks.com ( 169 Days ago )
It’s really pretty simple, Jason. After spending a week at Colorado Springs, you’ll be called up to the Rockies big league roster on September 1st. There is no Designated Hitter in the National League, but that doesn’t mean you’ll need to buy a new glove. Just bring batting gloves, your helmet size, as many pieces of lumber as you think you’ll need [...]