Dan Patrick ripped him a new one today on hsi radio show.
He made the same point you just did in that if Giambi wanted to put this behind him and start spring training with a clean slate, that he'd have to come completely clean about his personal steroid use, apologize and say he wasn't answering any more questions.
If he wasn't going to do all of this... The press conference was pointless and did MORE damage, potentially.
i demand that we finally get a mod to get off his ass and move this to sports.
I love him. He's like those happy old people who become known for sitting by the side of a busy street and waving to passing cars. People drive by regularly and beep just to see him and get him to wave to them.
That's just like our Arpi... except he doesn't wave or anything. He just says mean things to you.
GonzoStyle Wrote:I pledge my undying love for Arpi, any retraction of this undying love is to be ignored.
Nominated for," 2005 poster of the year", by 4 out of 6 mods!
Hoon Wrote:Dan Patrick ripped him a new one today on hsi radio show.
He made the same point you just did in that if Giambi wanted to put this behind him and start spring training with a clean slate, that he'd have to come completely clean about his personal steroid use, apologize and say he wasn't answering any more questions.
If he wasn't going to do all of this... The press conference was pointless and did MORE damage, potentially.
well I think one of the reasons he's not being direct is that if he directly admits steroid usage, the Yankees can easily can his ass & not give him anymore $$ that's left on his contract - plus, no other team would probably take him. He's essentially be ending his career which, IMO, is already over.
His career isn't necessarily over. If he comes out and has a real strong April he might redeem himself. It's usually the case in any sports city if you put up good numbers people tend to ignore your off the court/field problems. In Giambi's case he should be ok with a strong April and May.
I hold the dubious honor of being the only person never modded who has also never been to a party who in the past had a shared account with a vegetable reference that has had consensual sex with a woman who wasn't from the board that also knows what >) means and remembers the end of the golden age.
Hoon Wrote:Dan Patrick ripped him a new one today on hsi radio show.
He made the same point you just did in that if Giambi wanted to put this behind him and start spring training with a clean slate, that he'd have to come completely clean about his personal steroid use, apologize and say he wasn't answering any more questions.
If he wasn't going to do all of this... The press conference was pointless and did MORE damage, potentially.
well I think one of the reasons he's not being direct is that if he directly admits steroid usage, the Yankees can easily can his ass & not give him anymore $$ that's left on his contract - plus, no other team would probably take him. He's essentially be ending his career which, IMO, is already over.
I don't think that's the case. I mean, look at Gary Sheffield.
He came out and admitted steroid use saying he "unknowingly" took them. Yeah right.
But in any case, if they were going to take action, that would be their chance.
You may have a point though, in that the difference between Sheffield admitting it and Giambi dancing around the issue is that Sheffield produced last year and Giambi didn't.
Common sense tells us the Yankees and any other organization are more interested in getting results over being consistent.
