Giambi Retires After 20 Years

[Amazing Larry]

Heck of a long career. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up in a coaching position.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/jason-giambi-announces-his-retirement-in-classy-statement-210122188.html

 

[DW711]

He's basically been coaching for 4-5 years.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Bench Coach / Late-innings PH

[Hollyw00d]

I know he's a dbag cheater, but I wish him well. Dude struck fear into me when he would face the angels

 

it would be rad if he became a manager

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

I liked him. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I kept seeing his name on the Cleveland free agent list, so I figured that this might be coming.

[ukyah]

as a fan, and staunchly anti PED, i'm ok with giambi. he was the one guy who didn't hide from his usage. he took it on the chin and stopped using after that. i can forgive and forget when you respond in stand up fashion. acknowledging that he still cheated.

[ten ocho recon scout]

He cheated....that said, he was a badass.

[Ohtaniland]

[ukyah]

he hid it for a very long time, actually.  he decided not to perjure himself before a grand jury in case he was one of the unnamed group who popped positive on 2003 tests.  no need to romanticize his situation. 

 

it's as impossible to be staunchly anti PED as and MLB fan as it is to be staunchly anti PED as an NFL fan.  both testing systems are equal jokes, and the only people who get caught are idiots. there's a reason the biggest PED bust in history in MLB was the result of zero positive PED tests. 

 

 

other than hiding it in the sense of hiding it while doing it, i don't remember him evading it. i remember him getting caught and admitting it, while using some creative language because he wasn't sure if he was going to get sued or charged with a crime. 

 

i'm not a romantic. when it comes to baseball, it's considered a fault of mine.

 

your wording got a little garbled in that last part, but i think i got the message. i often hear that sentence, "only idiots get caught." i believe it's been said so many times that it's become accepted as fact. i'm not sure i believe it, but that's just me. i don't see repetition as greater evidence of fact.

 

in any case, he cheated and was stand up enough to admit it and take his punishment. i still think he and others should have lost their mvp's awards, but i can forgive a person that admits their wrongs and accepts their punishment. 

[nando714]

I'll never forget his walk off as a Yankee against Minnesota when it was raining and a late night in the bronx.

I think he was slumping and that was his first season in pinstripes. I think?

Edit- found it. Walk off grand slam

Edited February 17, 2015 by nando714

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I loved Braun's defense of anti-semitism. If it is like most labs that do drug testing, the sample is identified only by a number and the person performing the test has no idea whose sample they have.

[Lou]

Are his eyes still bright yellow from all the PEDs?

 

and the vodka

[arch stanton]

From South Hills HS onward he always played for a team I dislike. Good luck in retirement.

[Amazing Larry]

I'll never forget his walk off as a Yankee against Minnesota when it was raining and a late night in the bronx.

I think he was slumping and that was his first season in pinstripes. I think?

Edit- found it. Walk off grand slam

 

"... one of the best games you'll ever see!" 

 

Jeeez... Sterling is such a schmuck.

[laagamer]

I'm just gonna leave these here.

 

 

[ItzTacosYerrp]

I'm just gonna leave these here.

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Looking thick,solid,tight! Edited February 17, 2015 by ItzTacosYerrp

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Just hard work in the gym.

[Lou]

he was a few hours away from becoming an Angel at one point

[TeemuTrout]

From South Hills HS onward he always played for a team I dislike. Good luck in retirement.

Why do you dislike Long Beach State?

[mrwicked]

good for him.

would totally party with that dude and buy him a bacon wrapped hot dog.

[wopphil]

he was a few hours away from becoming an Angel at one point

?

[mrwicked]

He got stuck on the 5 with Matt Clement.

[Lou]

?

 

sent PM

[nando714]

he was a few hours away from becoming an Angel at one point

?