Jason Giambi is not a good baseball player.

Joel Sherman adds his voice to the chorus (along with Mike Lupica, George King, and some guy at ESPN).

Fellas, what was your clue? The sub-.200 batting average or the six rbis?


Sherman takes it a bit further, claiming that Yankee fans are stupid for cheering for Giambi in the first place:

"Do the folks who fervently cheered Giambi on Opening Day, trying to forgive and inspire a cheater and a liar, feel stupid now?"

Now that you mention it, "No, not at all."

I don't feel stupid for cheering for Giambi on Opening Day. (I wasn't actually at Opening Day, but I was metaphorically cheering for him on Opening Day while eating cheetos and sitting in a bean bag chair.)


But you want to know from stupid?

How's about Torre letting Giambi bat against a lefty in a tie game in the seventh inning? Forget about Andy Phillips and Bernie Williams sitting patiently in the dugout. I might even take a chance with Rey Sanchez or John Flaherty if I wanted to save the Big Boppers for a later inning.

In fact, at this point, Mike Mussina can probably handle lefthanded pitchers better than Jason Giambi.

Chien-Ming Wang isn't pitching until tomorrow: "Hey, kid! Do they use designated hitters in Taiwan? You look like you can handle the lumber."

Mike Stanton and Buddy Groom were available. If you are a lefthanded pitcher, then maybe you can hit a lefthanded pitcher. You've certainly got a better chance than Jason Giambi.


If you were still convinced Joe Torre was sane, then I challenge you to figure out the logic and intelligence of the following assertion, which sort of sounds like a defense of Jason Giambi's baseball-playing abilities and Torre's own deicision to stick with him:

"This ball club shouldn't rely on one bat. He is a question mark right now because he isn't swinging the bat. If we lose a game, you can't blame it on Jason."