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There's a story in Whitey Herzog's excellent book You're Missin' a Great Game, in which Whitey encounters Bob Horner in the dugout before Opening day in 1988 when he should have been out taking infield. Herzog asked why he wasn't on the field. "He looks up at me, blinks like an old frog on a lily pad and says, 'I'm tired.' A hundred and sixty-two games left to play and the man is gassed!"
After seven innings against the Seattle Mariners on Saturday, Jason Giambi had to tell A's manager Bob Geren his tank was running on empty. Giambi, 38, already had legged out an infield single and sprinted after a foul ball that landed just out of his sliding reach.
"I told Bobby, '(The legs) are dead'," Giambi said.
In the A's home-opener on Friday night, Giambi ran all the way to third after he hit a slow ground ball to pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith, whose errant throw went past first base and down the right field line.
"This is way too much running for me," Giambi said. "This is a little out of control for me. This is way too much running this early in the year."
I guess it's unfair to compare Giambi and Horner, though. I mean, Giambi only has one hundred and fifty-six games left, so it's understandable that he's a bit more tired.
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Do they not do any conditioning in the big leagues? Or require the guys to be in shape? Giambi has always been a slob. Gross.
Giambi is a piece of garbage and a temporary fill in, just like most of the A's are, excluding Holliday. Good luck Oakland. The guy could never run and now he cannot run and he's 38. Money well spent, not!
It's tuff trying to run on regular gas when your engine has been used to High Test. Your engine stars to ping and dry up before it's time
Since Giambi got off the "juice" he has been less than a marginal player. His career has been over for some time. The fact that the A's chose to sign him is a disgrace to the game. Fat, brain-addled, has-been.
I agree with Kim. I'm 55. Would to God I cuold be 38 again. 38 is not old, so Jason, get up off of you butt and start eating some Power Bars like Cal Ripken and start diong some good, old fashioned wind sprints. Otherwise, get out of the way and let a young, new wipper snapper have a chance at the big time.