It is high, it is far, it is... caught!: R.I.P. Jeremy Giambi, the slow-footed runner who turned young Derek Jeter into a legend

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

R.I.P. Jeremy Giambi, the slow-footed runner who turned young Derek Jeter into a legend

Posted by el duque at 10:32 AM

Had he slid into home, imagine the potential impact on Yankee history...

Brother of Jason. A disruptive presence in "Moneyball." Condolences to the family.

14 comments:

AboveAverage said...: Yep - - - hard to shake the FLIP; February 10, 2022 at 11:03 AM
DickAllen said...: Every time the FLIP gets mentioned, which it does INTERMINABLY, Harold pockets a little more nostalgia currency and keeps the Yankees universe hypnotized, sells a few more tickets and memorabilia, and keeps his own bottom line intact.

Fuck all this history. It happened twenty years ago. Time to move on.

Put a team on the field that is interesting to watch, has a speck of integrity, knows how to play the game instead of this endless parade of mediocrity we're subjected to.

The Yankees teams of the last ten years resemble a bunch of weekend golfers who stare blankly in disbelief that they hit balls off the tee into the woods.; February 10, 2022 at 1:01 PM
BTR999 said...: What if he, you know, slid?; February 10, 2022 at 1:27 PM
Joe Formerlyof Brooklyn said...: Did JG ever answer the question, why didnja slide? I imagine his reaction might be similar to that of Bill Buckner's when asked about the 1986 World Series grounder.

AND: When you look again at that video, doesn't it seem as if the umpire's out call is just a bit TOO enthused?

AND AND AND: You know, they have asked Jeter what the heck he was doing where he was -- and, as it turns out (based on his and others' answers) -- they PRACTICED that play, with the shortstop on the mound.; February 10, 2022 at 2:24 PM
TheWinWarblist said...: JoeFoB, luck favors the prepared. And maybe Joe Torre got all the umps laid before the game?; February 10, 2022 at 6:25 PM
13bit said...: this is a test. I posted on an earlier post, but it never appeared.

test one two, test one two...; February 10, 2022 at 7:55 PM
AboveAverage said...: I lived in Oakland at the time and I had tickets for this game - but it was my wedding day so I sold them (at a very good profit) and later saw the play after the reception and after party (yes there were two post celebrations because it was a late morning wedding). I was sorry I missed out - but six of us were there for the next game on 10/14/2001. I remember Jermaine Dye broke his leg on a foul ball. El Duque was pitching. A much different level of engaged play than what is going on today - as if that would SURPRISE anyone here . . .; February 10, 2022 at 9:23 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: A.A., how'd the marriage turn out? No need to answer if you don't want to.; February 11, 2022 at 2:09 AM
HoraceClarke66 said...: If Jeremy slides...

Well, Mike Mussina is then going to go on and choke up yet another big game. The A's win the ALDS, and move on to the ALCS, meaning that either of those two, very frustrated teams of the era, the A's or the Mariners, go on to the World Series.

There, I think, they get shut down by The Unit and The Bloody Sock, but who knows?

The big philosophical question is this:

—Is The Flip work having to endure that whole, awful, 2001 World Series, and especially its excruciating last inning, my second worst ever experience as a Yankees fan?

May I have a show of hands, one way or the other?; February 11, 2022 at 2:12 AM
HoraceClarke66 said...: A horribly cruel joke going around when Jason Giambi got his weird brain injury was:

Jason Giambi's got a parasite?

Yeah. Jeremy.

Awful. And unfair. Boy, do I miss those days! RIP, Jeremy.; February 11, 2022 at 2:14 AM
JM said...: AboveAverage, I too was at a wedding that day, but it wasn't mine. I was bored silly at the reception and went out to have a smoke and listen on the car radio for a few minutes. And I heard The Flip.

Not quite the same as seeing it, and it wasn't easy to understand what exactly happened, but still.; February 11, 2022 at 8:53 AM
AboveAverage said...: Horace - we are still going strong - thank you for asking; February 11, 2022 at 10:38 AM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Good to hear!; February 11, 2022 at 11:33 AM
Hazel Motes said...: Frankly, he has always looked safe to me. It would be nice to have an HD replay of this one.; February 11, 2022 at 7:08 PM