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A haiku for the just-released Jason Giambi.
Tattoos, ‘roids, and booze.
You were once the best slugger.
Should go back on juice.
The Oakland A’s released veteran slugger Jason Giambi today. Billy Beane’s expensive offseason acquisition certainly didn’t have a resurgence in his return to Oakland, batting just .193 with 11 homers and 40 RBI in 83 games. Giambi recently hit the disabled list with a quadriceps injury.
With the release of Giambi and the impending release of Eric Chavez, Oakland fans must be wallowing in the memories of the glorious Moneyball days of the early 2000′s. The past few seasons have lacked magic or, more specifically (hmm, how do I say this politely?), any semblance to competitive baseball.
Perhaps Oakland should fire Billy Beane and consider bringing in someone else? The plan is not working…
Sidney Ponson is released by the Royals.
Over the last decade, Ponson has:
- been arrested for assaulting a judge in his native Aruba (2004).
- been slapped with at least two D.U.I. charges (both in 2005).
- been released and had a contract voided for being a legal and physical mess (Baltimore, 2005).
- been designated for assignment because “We don’t feel Sidney deserves to be here or wants to be here. We’re not going to get into details other than to say we’re clearly trying to put together a team here, in a true sense of the word. Based on some recent comments and other such things, it was pretty clear that he did not want to be part of that, and it’s something we’re not going to tolerate” (Texas, 2008).
- tested positive for a stimulant (World Baseball Classic, 2009).
- played for seven different clubs (1998-2009).
It’s absolutely shameful that someone with the moral ineptitude of Sidney Ponson keeps getting contracts.
Every season he somehow lands a one-year deal worth about a million dollars before he’s inevitably released for being an ineffective whale.
Because of his infraction during the WBC testing, Ponson is banned from international competition for the next couple years. We can only hope that no team signs him and his time in Major League Baseball is over.
Who’s with me?
Let’s get this piece out of baseball!
Nationals fire manager Manny Acta, biggest shock of 2009!
To win was too hard;
Bad pitching, youngsters, errors.
Will you manage Mets?
The Washington Nationals fired Manny Acta today and the only person surprised is, well, no one.
The team was 26-61 for the first half of the season under his management, but the team’s failure was less a product of his managing than of inconsistent position players and the worst pitching staff in the National League. The team ranked last in the league in team shutouts, saves, innings pitched, hits allowed, runs allowed, and bases-on-balls.
It’s hard to be that bad.
UPDATE: Bench coach Jim Riggleman will finish out the season as the National’s skipper.
