Ego Getting in the Way of Production
What is Jason Giambi’s thinking by declining the option of heading to Columbus to work on his swing? I haven’t seen a professional athlete or celebrity fall this low since Meg Ryan got that lip job. Why is his ego so high right now that he won’t accept this opportunity to help himself? But not only will it help himself, it will help his team out as well.
Giambi has always preached that he puts the team ahead of himself. Not in this case. Giambi is being selfish. He actually believes that he can work things out on the major league level. Why? How? Tino is on fire, slowly creeping towards Mattingly’s record by hitting a homerun in his 5th consecutive game (Mattingly hit a HR in 8 consecutive games). And Tino is an upgrade at 1B over Giambi, which means Giambi’s only position is in the DH role. But with Ruben Sierra about to return from the DL, the DH role could be crowded, leaving Giambi to bat against right handed pitching only.
Giambi should take this assignment and head down to Columbus. I think it’s completely bogus how a player who has 5 years of major league service can not get sent down to the minors without his permission. If you are not performing up to par, then you have no right competing at the highest level. He obviously can not handle it. Right now, he is on pace to finish the season with 28 RBI and 19 extra-base hits. He walks too frequently. His On-Base-Percentage (OBP) is higher than his Slugging-Percentage (SLG). If he doesn’t get extra-base-hits and gets only singles or walks, that means he is clogging up the bases.
Giambi should just push his pride to the side and go down to the minors, unless, or course, he doesn’t think he could even hit minor league pitching. And if he can’t even do that, just accept a buyout. He has enough money to last him the rest of his life. Why keeping pouring gasoline onto the fire.
Giambi has always preached that he puts the team ahead of himself. Not in this case. Giambi is being selfish. He actually believes that he can work things out on the major league level. Why? How? Tino is on fire, slowly creeping towards Mattingly’s record by hitting a homerun in his 5th consecutive game (Mattingly hit a HR in 8 consecutive games). And Tino is an upgrade at 1B over Giambi, which means Giambi’s only position is in the DH role. But with Ruben Sierra about to return from the DL, the DH role could be crowded, leaving Giambi to bat against right handed pitching only.
Giambi should take this assignment and head down to Columbus. I think it’s completely bogus how a player who has 5 years of major league service can not get sent down to the minors without his permission. If you are not performing up to par, then you have no right competing at the highest level. He obviously can not handle it. Right now, he is on pace to finish the season with 28 RBI and 19 extra-base hits. He walks too frequently. His On-Base-Percentage (OBP) is higher than his Slugging-Percentage (SLG). If he doesn’t get extra-base-hits and gets only singles or walks, that means he is clogging up the bases.
Giambi should just push his pride to the side and go down to the minors, unless, or course, he doesn’t think he could even hit minor league pitching. And if he can’t even do that, just accept a buyout. He has enough money to last him the rest of his life. Why keeping pouring gasoline onto the fire.
posted by Mark D. Miller at 9:49 AM
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