07/05: "Will you fight for me?"
Posted by: Patrick
Reconstructing Jason Giambi:
Giambi has rebounded from an early season slump. Since June 1, he is hitting .304 (21 for 69) with 3 home runs, 12 RBI, 10 runs and a .467 OBA in 24 games. If he can continue to hit in that area and get on base like that, he'll be fine.
In January, Jason Giambi sat down at a long conference table in the midtown law office of Yankee president Randy Levine, alongside his agent, Arn Tellem, and the team's general manager, Brian Cashman.
They all stared at a speakerphone.
"Will you fight for me?" came the voice on the other end.
"I'm with you," Giambi answered.
And with that, all talk of the Yankees trying to sue Giambi for breach of contract, of trying to shuffle him out of New York, ended: George Steinbrenner had spoken.
They all stared at a speakerphone.
"Will you fight for me?" came the voice on the other end.
"I'm with you," Giambi answered.
And with that, all talk of the Yankees trying to sue Giambi for breach of contract, of trying to shuffle him out of New York, ended: George Steinbrenner had spoken.
Giambi has rebounded from an early season slump. Since June 1, he is hitting .304 (21 for 69) with 3 home runs, 12 RBI, 10 runs and a .467 OBA in 24 games. If he can continue to hit in that area and get on base like that, he'll be fine.
