Last Thursday New York Yankees 1B/DH Jason Giambi made comments to the media that MLB should apologize to fans because of its problems with performance enhancing drugs. This past weekend, rumors came out that the Yankees might now try to void his contract because of his remarks.
I can’t take credit for having these thoughts because a friend and a few other media outlets have already expressed this, but would the Yankees be this enamored with trying to void Giambi’s contract if they were 30-13 like the Red Sox instead of 19-23? How about if Giambi was hitting .330 instead of .268 and had 15 home runs instead of five? No, it would be, “Well, we’re looking into Jason’s remarks, but he has a right to express his feelings.”
Now granted, the Yankees tried to void Giambi’s contract a few years ago, so them looking into his comments might be legit. However, one has to wonder if this would even be an issue if Giamriod were on a tear right now.
