The book, “The Rocket That Fell to Earth,” (Harper Collins) by Jeff Pearlman, is to be released later this month, but a reporter for The New York Times purchased it Thursday at a Manhattan book store.
The book said that when Giambi went through a slump in the 2002 season, his first with the Yankees, Cashman was heard yelling at a television in the Yankees’ clubhouse during a game. Citing “one New York player,” the book said that Cashman screamed, “Jason, whatever you were taking in Oakland,” get back on it.
The book said that Cashman then added, “Please!”
In a telephone interview Thursday night, Cashman said that the anecdote described in the book never happened.
“That is completely false,” Cashman said.
He added, in reference to the author: “This guy never even called me and asked me if it was true. You think he would have done some fact-checking.”
...In a telephone interview on Thursday night, Pearlman stood behind his account.
“The source was a Yankee player who was an eyewitness and in whom I have 100 percent confidence,” Pearlman said.
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Posted: March 13, 2009 at 10:18 AM |
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1. Non-Youkilidian Geometry Posted: March 13, 2009 at 12:19 PM (#3101953)ooh! ooh! I love this game! Was it John Vander Wal? Chris Widger? Randy Choate?
surely Randy Choate must be tied with Rusty Kuntz for the lead in the "Baseball Player Names that sound dirty but aren't" competition?
though i guess there's also Dick Pole right there as well.
who else am i forgetting?
Johnny Dickshot, of course.
Expanding the universe to international basketball, there's always Tiit Sokk.
And Gregor Fu?ka.
(*) Yes, I know it's a book rather than a newspaper/magazine article; I don't think that's relevant to the ethical question. He's still reporting, and I don't think the form in which it will be published changes things.
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