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Thursday, January 29, 2009

When Giambi Needed Him, Jeter Was There

Giambi said the years flew by, he’s had the time of his life, and he’s loved every minute. But that’s really not true. He had no fun that winter day in 2004 when the San Francisco Chronicle published his testimony to the Balco grand jury acknowledging the use of steroids.

It was then, Giambi said, that he was glad to have Derek Jeter in his corner. “Jeet stepped up at a big time of my life, when I needed it,” Giambi said.

Giambi offered that detail without prompting, so whatever Jeter did clearly meant a lot to him. What, precisely, made such an impact?

“He said, ‘He’s my teammate, he’s my friend, and we’ll welcome him back,’” Giambi said. “It was a very controversial issue for who he is and what he represents, and for him to do that, I’ll never forget that. That’s the type of guy Jeet is. He knew I was going through a tough time and he wanted to lend a hand out.”

And then Giambi and Jeter took off their clothes, and it was wonderful…

Tripon Posted: January 29, 2009 at 08:49 PM | 73 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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   1. Anthony Giacalone Posted: January 29, 2009 at 09:54 PM (#3063563)
That's it. I'm no longer making fun of Jeter. Look, the guy is just awesome. Even with his defensive liabilities, he's a great player and everyone seems to love the guy. Hopefully, we won't discover any Truby-esque skeletons in his closet in the future and we can all have a hero.
   2. The Good Face Posted: January 29, 2009 at 09:54 PM (#3063565)
It's times like these I really miss Rear Admiral Piazza. Or, possibly, Admiral Ackbar. Some sort of nautical authority figure who can impose order on all those salty seamen crowding the poop deck.
   3. Rough Carrigan Posted: January 29, 2009 at 09:58 PM (#3063569)
Jeter: Jason, what are your hopes? What are your dreams?
   4. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader Posted: January 29, 2009 at 09:58 PM (#3063570)
It's times like these I really miss Rear Admiral Piazza. Or, possibly, Admiral Ackbar. Some sort of nautical authority figure who can impose order on all those salty seamen crowding the poop deck.

Crying. Testicle lathering. Men, being there for other men. Single-white-female crushes by the 3rd baseman for the shortstop. Hmmm.

edit: You know, if the Yankees clubhouse was a sorority, I would totally watch that reality show.
   5. RJ in TO Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:00 PM (#3063574)
He knew I was going through a tough time and he wanted to lend a hand out.


Unfortunately, it was the trainer's hand, and it was immediately after he had finished "prepping" Clemens for his start.
   6. sardonic Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:02 PM (#3063580)
Giambi: I want to know you. I want to know your soul. Derek, what makes you cry?
   7. Lassus Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:02 PM (#3063581)
"Jetes, I'm so scared. What are these red sores?"
   8. tribefan Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:02 PM (#3063582)
That’s the type of guy Jeet is.


To be correct baseball vernacular, shouldn't it be "Jeety"?
   9. RJ in TO Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:03 PM (#3063583)
edit: You know, if the Yankees clubhouse was a sorority, I would totally watch that reality show.


You're one of those jerks who keep Gossip Girl and The Hills on the air, aren't you.
   10. Jolly Old St. Neck Wound, Moral Idiot Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:04 PM (#3063585)
This has got the potential to be the purest snarkfest in BTF history. All the stars are in perfect alignment. Who'll be the first to get gay sex, steroids, Torre, Steinbrenner, and the Giambi pornstache all seamlessly woven into one perfect slam?

EDIT: I have to admit that Tripon got it off to a pretty good start.
   11. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:05 PM (#3063586)
You're one of those jerks who keep Gossip Girl and The Hills on the air, aren't you.

I don't think I am. Do they involve naked sorority girls cryin' and fightin' and obsessin'? I need to know!
   12. The Good Face Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:05 PM (#3063590)
edit: You know, if the Yankees clubhouse was a sorority, I would totally watch that reality show.


I think at this point it's learning more toward the "gay porn" side of reality...
   13. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:07 PM (#3063592)
I think at this point it's learning more toward the "gay porn" side of reality...

I can't wait to hear Michael Kay pimp the new Yankee slogan this year: New York Yankees Baseball--Don't ask, don't tell...
   14. Drew (Primakov, Gungho Iguanas) Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:09 PM (#3063596)
Your first post beat me there, Ryan.
   15. Willie Mayspedes Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:09 PM (#3063597)
Ahhhh Jeet Jeet Jeet Jeet Jeet Jeet!
Bend over shorty, to the mother ###### back, bounce around shorty, to da mother ###### back now.
Ahhhh Jeet Jeet Jeet Jeet Jeet Jeet!
   16. Willie Mayspedes Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:10 PM (#3063599)
Show me that stash and I'll Jeet on your mother ####### ass!
   17. RJ in TO Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:11 PM (#3063601)
No problem, Primakov. Shooty essentially got there first.

I can't wait to see how much mockery we can generate from Clemens' Red Ball Rampage. As far as I'm concerned, it's the greatest story in sports since Canseco revealed Grace's penchant for slumpbusters. Much like the Rickey/Olerud story, I don't even care if it's true or not.
   18. Willie Mayspedes Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:13 PM (#3063604)
Torre won't tell that we kick it like that! ARod won't butt in even though he's gay as a cat!
   19. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:14 PM (#3063606)
I can't wait to see how much mockery we can generate from Clemens' Red Ball Rampage. As far as I'm concerned, it's the greatest story in sports since Canseco revealed Grace's penchant for slumpbusters.

Awwwww, #### man, this will get us through June, at least.
   20. Willie Mayspedes Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:14 PM (#3063608)
Steiny won't care that you used his money for you stash!
Ahhh Jeet Jeet Jeet Jeet Jeet Jeet! Ahhh Jeet Jeet Jeet Jeet Jeet Jeet!
   21. Dewey, Steven Wright Wannabe and Soupuss Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:18 PM (#3063612)
...and that was the night that Giambi became a True Yankee.

Seriously, is every thread going to be about either Barry Bonds or the 2004-2006 Yankees now?
   22. The elusive Robert Denby Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:18 PM (#3063611)
Jeter replied: "Jason, my precious DH, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."

"So that's why you have so much trouble going to your left," said Giambi.
   23. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:19 PM (#3063614)
Seriously, is every thread going to be about either Barry Bonds or the 2004-2006 Yankees now?

Until we have some actual baseball news? Yes. I think so.
   24. RJ in TO Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:23 PM (#3063616)
Seriously, is every thread going to be about either Barry Bonds or the 2004-2006 Yankees now?


Unless some other team can come up with an even better set of ludicrous revelations, yes.
   25. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:25 PM (#3063618)
Unless some other team can come up with an even better set of ludicrous revelations, yes.

The poor Mets. They might have to bribe Fernando Tatis to marry a farm animal to recapture the back pages.
   26. ?Donde esta Dagoberto Campaneris? Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:26 PM (#3063621)
Jason: Derek, will the Yankees take me back? Will you?

Derek: Jason, to me, you never left.

Jason: Hold me.

Derek: No thank you.
   27. aleskel Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:27 PM (#3063623)
I refuse to pass judgement on this story until I hear Todd Jones' take on it
   28. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:29 PM (#3063626)
Who'll be the first to get gay sex, steroids, Torre, Steinbrenner, and the Giambi pornstache all seamlessly woven into one perfect slam?

Gay sex, steroids, Torre, Steinbrenner, and the Giambi pornstache walk into a bar. Bartender says, "Hey, gay sex, steroids, Torre, Steinbrenner, and the Giambi pornstache, why the long face?" Gay sex, steroids, Torre, Steinbrenner, and the Giambi pornstache reply, "That's not our face(s), that's Scott Brosius!" Also, there's a talking frog.
   29. Obama Bomaye Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:34 PM (#3063634)
Gonafalon, for a terrible joke, that's pretty ###### funny.
   30. His Clutchness, The Just Pasha Diving Jeter Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:36 PM (#3063636)
I feel compelled to make an appearance, but I have nothing clever to say in my defense.

Don't judge me.
   31. The Kids Are Enright (1k5v3L) Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:42 PM (#3063638)
‘He’s my teammate, he’s my friend, and we’ll welcome him back,’”
I know like I'm going to sound like Michael Kay (and that makes me feel icky inside), but when the #### is Jeter going to say this about Alex Rodriguez? When Jeter embraces A-Rod, then I'll listen. Until then, he's just a #### hypocrite.
   32. Jolly Old St. Neck Wound, Moral Idiot Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:44 PM (#3063641)
Who'll be the first to get gay sex, steroids, Torre, Steinbrenner, and the Giambi pornstache all seamlessly woven into one perfect slam?

Gay sex, steroids, Torre, Steinbrenner, and the Giambi pornstache walk into a bar. Bartender says, "Hey, gay sex, steroids, Torre, Steinbrenner, and the Giambi pornstache, why the long face?" Gay sex, steroids, Torre, Steinbrenner, and the Giambi pornstache reply, "That's not our face(s), that's Scott Brosius!" Also, there's a talking frog.

Not bad, but there's too much of an undercurrent of gay affection in your tone for it to be a perfect slam. Maybe if you have the frog make some withering comment about Scott Brosius not being able to carry A-Rod's codpiece or something.
   33. I Love LA (OFF) Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:45 PM (#3063642)
A-Rod is not a true Yankee. At least Giambi hit that Grand Slam.
   34. cercopithecus aethiops Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:48 PM (#3063645)
I really don't want to see the google ads that this thread will inspire.

I know like I'm going to sound like Michael Kay (and that makes me feel icky inside), but when the #### is Jeter going to say this about Alex Rodriguez? When Jeter embraces A-Rod, then I'll listen. Until then, he's just a #### hypocrite.

This isn't Jeter talking, it's Giambi talking about Jeter. So you really should be asking when is A-Rod going to say that Jeter already said this to him. But now I'm back to getting creeped out by the google ads.
   35. The Kids Are Enright (1k5v3L) Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:51 PM (#3063646)
So you really should be asking when is A-Rod going to say that Jeter already said this to him.
If Jeter ever said this to A-rod, am sure we'd have seen it printed in big one page ads in the NY Times.
   36. Curse of the Andino Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:51 PM (#3063647)
Given this thread and our baser instincts, I'm thinking this could be more like a re-enacted "reality" show on "MTV."

/The Spankees!
   37. Stevis Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:53 PM (#3063648)
Who knew the Yankees were so emo?
   38. SteveF Posted: January 29, 2009 at 11:38 PM (#3063682)
It's generally useful in life to be well liked. I suspect Giambi is a pretty affable fellow. People who know him probably like him.

Fortunately for all of us, this board has no bearing on our real lives and we get to be as assholic as our imaginations will permit.

God bless every last one of you miserable bastards.
   39. Roger Cedeno's Spleen Posted: January 29, 2009 at 11:39 PM (#3063683)
But I poop from there!
   40. TDF, situational idiot Posted: January 29, 2009 at 11:42 PM (#3063686)
Reading the headline, I was going to make a comment about Jeter being a 'roid apologist, but the comments here are so much better.

So if Jeter's The Captain, does this make Giambi Tennille?
   41. Jolly Old St. Neck Wound, Moral Idiot Posted: January 29, 2009 at 11:45 PM (#3063691)
God bless every last one of you miserable bastards.

It's been tough on our mothers, not having any children.
   42. Crispix Attacks Posted: January 29, 2009 at 11:50 PM (#3063694)
My google ads are both for what appear to be frozen chicken nuggets, with the slogan "Tyson's Any-tizers: Meaty Good".

And nobody's even used the word "meaty" in this thread!
   43. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader Posted: January 29, 2009 at 11:56 PM (#3063698)
And nobody's even used the word "meaty" in this thread!

Ah but poop and the unnatural love of farm animals has.
   44. Designated Sitter (GGC) Posted: January 30, 2009 at 12:01 AM (#3063700)
Fortunately for all of us, this board has no bearing on our real lives and we get to be as assholic as our imaginations will permit.


There are occasional meetups, but those are usually pretty cordial.
   45. Good cripple hitter Posted: January 30, 2009 at 12:30 AM (#3063715)
I can't wait to see how much mockery we can generate from Clemens' Red Ball Rampage. As far as I'm concerned, it's the greatest story in sports since Canseco revealed Grace's penchant for slumpbusters. Much like the Rickey/Olerud story, I don't even care if it's true or not.


It's odd, because I could've sworn that I heard the Clemens story before. I didn't know that the trainer was involved, but when I read it yesterday, I thought "Isn't that old news?"

Judging by the reaction here, it isn't, but that leaves me with the awkward question of why I thought that I knew about Roger Clemens' ball-warming ritual.
   46. RJ in TO Posted: January 30, 2009 at 01:05 AM (#3063729)
And we're all waiting for your answer. Why did you think you knew about Roger Clemens' ball-warming ritual?
   47. Chip Posted: January 30, 2009 at 01:18 AM (#3063736)
He knew I was going through a tough time and he wanted to lend a hand out.


... and then he wanted to sing the Lumberjack Song.
   48. The Ghost of Archi Cianfrocco Posted: January 30, 2009 at 01:38 AM (#3063745)
“You did it,” David Cone told him that day. "You finally did it! Damn you to hell Giambiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii"

Sorry, had to be done.
   49. Good cripple hitter Posted: January 30, 2009 at 01:51 AM (#3063753)
And we're all waiting for your answer. Why did you think you knew about Roger Clemens' ball-warming ritual?


A-ha, I found out why. I had a vague memory of a conversation with my sister where I mentioned that Clemens used Icy Hot on his balls. So, I googled Roger Clemens icy hot and found this deadspin story which refers to a Gammons blog from the first WBC that revealed that Clemens used Icy Hot on his groin. ""He doesn't want to get comfortable on the mound," Jake Peavy said.

I'm so relieved.
   50. Roger Cedeno's Spleen Posted: January 30, 2009 at 02:38 AM (#3063794)
I'd heard versions of the Clemens story, but they described him putting the liniment in his cup, not applying it directly to his junk...
   51. RJ in TO Posted: January 30, 2009 at 02:41 AM (#3063798)
I'd heard versions of the Clemens story, but they described him putting the liniment in his cup, not applying it directly to his junk...


What makes the story awesome is not that he applied it directly to his junk, but that he had the trainer apply it directly to his junk. You just know that poor trainer dreaded waking up on the day of any Clemens' start.
   52. Lassus Posted: January 30, 2009 at 02:49 AM (#3063805)
What makes the story awesome is not that he applied it directly to his junk, but that he had the trainer apply it directly to his junk. You just know that poor trainer dreaded waking up on the day of any Clemens' start.

I can only hope there was some kind of truly exorbitant season-ending bonus/tip for that guy.
   53. PreservedFish Posted: January 30, 2009 at 03:08 AM (#3063818)
Mercifully, his job got easier every year, as Clemens experienced further steroidal sack shriveling.
   54. RJ in TO Posted: January 30, 2009 at 03:11 AM (#3063822)
I can only hope there was some kind of truly exorbitant season-ending bonus/tip for that guy.


The trainer was already getting the tip every fifth day. Why would the end of the season be any different?
   55. Nasty Nate Posted: January 30, 2009 at 03:49 AM (#3063837)
Clemens is supposedly a bad tipper, so maybe he stiffed him...
   56. Avoid running at all times.-S. Paige Posted: January 30, 2009 at 04:37 AM (#3063872)
Is there any reason besides uncontrollable sadism and meglomania that Roger needed the trainer to apply the balm? Seems like something one could do to oneself. Last time I checked, masturbation was easy.
   57. zonk Posted: January 30, 2009 at 04:51 AM (#3063883)
At last, E! has the last piece to the puzzle in why the Clemens/McCready romance didn't work out.
   58. Tripon Posted: January 30, 2009 at 04:55 AM (#3063884)
[56] You wouldn't want your hands to be on fire. It'll make catching and throwing too hard.
   59. Crispix Attacks Posted: January 30, 2009 at 05:16 AM (#3063898)
[56] You wouldn't want your hands to be on fire. It'll make catching and throwing too hard.

Catching with a baseball glove?
   60. RJ in TO Posted: January 30, 2009 at 05:30 AM (#3063907)
He could wear surgical gloves to apply it. I don't see that as a viable excuse.


He has four kids. He obviously doesn't let anything made of rubber touch that part of his body.
   61. Willie Mayspedes Posted: January 30, 2009 at 05:47 AM (#3063923)
When asked about the liniments he applied to Clemens trainer Jerrek Deter said "He's my co-worker, he's my bro, I welcome touching his nutsack."
   62. The District Attorney Posted: January 30, 2009 at 05:54 AM (#3063929)
Last time I checked, masturbation was easy.
Yeah, sure, you were "checking."
   63. Crispix Attacks Posted: January 30, 2009 at 05:57 AM (#3063930)
Masturbation while checking is difficult. Ask any NHL player.
   64. Obi One Kenobi Nil Posted: January 30, 2009 at 08:22 AM (#3063962)
He knew I was going through a tough time and he wanted to lend a hand out.


Did the hand contain linament?
   65. Sheer Tim Foli Posted: January 30, 2009 at 06:43 PM (#3064357)
Having never made it past little league I can't imagine why Clemens did this. Can anyone shed any light on whether this is his own insanity or part of some baseball cult he belonged to. Is this like the shoulder in the bucket of ice-type starting pitcher ritual or is it Roger being Roger?
   66. Crispix Attacks Posted: January 30, 2009 at 06:46 PM (#3064361)
"He didn't want to get comfortable on the mound."
   67. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader Posted: January 30, 2009 at 06:47 PM (#3064363)
"He didn't want to get comfortable on the mound."

It really does explain the bat throwing incident, doesn't it?
   68. Sheer Tim Foli Posted: January 30, 2009 at 06:49 PM (#3064367)
"He didn't want to get comfortable on the mound."

Well I suppose it is a natural leap from there to bringing pain to the most sensitive place on your body. I guess he had no choice.
   69. RJ in TO Posted: January 30, 2009 at 06:53 PM (#3064373)
I'm wondering about that too. Couldn't he have just worn shoes which were one size too small instead, or get the trainer to overstarch his uniform?
   70. Nasty Nate Posted: January 30, 2009 at 07:02 PM (#3064389)
that didn't work for Kevin Mench all those years

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