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Post by Coach2 on May 18, 2007 17:00:57 GMT -5
msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6824374Giambi says baseball should apologize CHICAGO (AP) - New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi says Major League Baseball should apologize to the public for its widespread performance-enhancing drug problem. Claiming he's likely been tested for performance-enhancing drugs more often than anyone, Giambi told USA Today in a story on its Web site Friday that the apology is long overdue. "I was wrong for doing that stuff," Giambi told the newspaper Wednesday before the Yankees played the Chicago White Sox. "What we should have done a long time ago was stand up players, ownership, everybody and said: 'We made a mistake.' "We should have apologized back then and made sure we had a rule in place and gone forward. Steroids and all of that was a part of history. But it was a topic that everybody wanted to avoid. Nobody wanted to talk about it." Giambi reportedly told a grand jury during the BALCO investigation in December 2003 that he used steroids and human growth hormone. He told USA Today this week he's thankful for MLB's testing program for steroids and amphetamines that was revised before last season. MLB does not test for HGH, but Giambi said he does not use the drug. "Unfortunately, (the rumors) are going to be a part of it. But that's OK. I'm probably tested more than anybody else. I'm not hiding anything," he said. "That stuff didn't help me hit home runs. I don't care what people say, nothing is going to give you that gift of hitting a baseball."
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Post by Coach2 on May 18, 2007 17:03:43 GMT -5
Umm...they had a rule. You chose to break it.
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Post by chandler44 on May 18, 2007 17:19:20 GMT -5
There was never really any teeth to that rule until the last couple years or so. Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but it looks like he's saying that baseball as a whole (including himself and all other guilty parties) should apologize to the fans for the cheating. I have no problems with that. At least he owns up to it.
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Post by tbone421998 on May 18, 2007 18:19:57 GMT -5
At least he owns up to it. And that is the biggest surprise of all. You have to give him props for that. Very few professional ball players in any sport would do that.
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Post by Coach on May 21, 2007 10:23:48 GMT -5
msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6831892Report: Yanks may void Giambi's contract After Jason Giambi admitted he "was wrong for doing that stuff" in a recent newspaper report, his current employers may reconsider whether they were wrong to give the slugger a seven-year, $120 million contract in 2001. According to a report in the New York Daily News, Giambi's admission in Friday's USA Today could lead to the Yankees trying again to void his contract if it is ultimately determined that he used illegal drugs after signing him to the deal. The commissioner's office is investigating Giambi's comments and is expected to summon him to a meeting to discuss them. According to the Daily News, the outcome of that meeting will determine in part how the Yankees proceed. Giambi told USA Today "what we should have done a long time ago was stand up — players, owners, everybody — and said: 'We made a mistake.' We should have apologized back then and made sure we had a rule in place and gone forward. ... Steroids and all of that was a part of history. But it was a topic that everybody wanted to avoid. Nobody wanted to talk about it." Giambi had not previously admitted (at least publicly) using steroids. The closest he had come was an unspecific apology during a Yankee Stadium press conference after the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Giambi had told the grand jury investigating the BALCO case that he had used steroids and human growth hormone before signing with the Yankees and while playing for them in 2002 and 2003. The Yankees had considered ending Giambi's deal after that report surfaced in late 2004. The first baseman/DH's salary is $21 million for this season and 2008, and the Yanks hold an $22 million option for 2009 with a $5 million buyout clause
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Post by tbone421998 on May 21, 2007 11:00:37 GMT -5
That would be deserving for Giambi. Void his contract.
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