Giambi apologizes -- but won't say for what

[maddogchen]

Giambi apologizes -- but won't say for what
By RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer


NEW YORK (AP) -- Jason Giambi apologized to the New York Yankees. He apologized to his teammates. He apologized to fans.

He never said why he was apologizing. And not only did he never say whether he used steroids, he never even mentioned the word.

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``When I went into that grand jury, I told the truth,'' he said.

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``I know the fans might want more, but at this present time because of all the legal matters, I can't get into specifics,'' he said. ``Someday, hopefully, I will be able to.''

Many of his comments were peppered with ``sorry.''

``There's been a lot of distraction, definitely, over the last year, and I'm sorry for that, I really am,'' Giambi said. ``I feel I let down the fans, I feel I let down the media, I feel I let down the Yankees, not only the Yankees, but my teammates.

``I accept full responsibility for that,'' he went on. ``I'm sorry, but I'm trying to go forward now. Most of all, to the fans, I'm sorry. I know it's going to be hard, and I understand how they feel.''

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``It takes a hell of a big man to stand up and apologize to his teammates, to New York Yankee fans and to baseball fans everywhere and admit he was wrong,'' Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said in a statement.

Giambi, given a $120 million, seven-year contract by New York before the 2002 season, said he spoke with Steinbrenner a few weeks ago.

``The biggest thing that I told him was I wasn't a quitter,'' Giambi said. ``I told him that I was ready to play and I was going to be that player that he had signed.''

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``I think we're all curious to see how he's going to rebound from everything he went through last year,'' Torre said. ``He certainly looks better than he did.''

Torre toyed with batting orders last week and given the uncertainty, he didn't know where to slot Giambi, who could be supplanted by Tino Martinez at first base and become a designated hitter.

``There was a time a couple of years ago, you put him third or fourth,'' Torre said. ``But right now, I don't know where he fits in our lineup.''

man if he was really sorry, he should void the rest of his $120 million contract since he used drugs to get it.
Sorry whatever, just said that because of the Boss.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: maddogchen
man if he was really sorry, he should void the rest of his $120 million contract since he used drugs to get it.
Sorry whatever, just said that because of the Boss.

To be fair, I bet most of them do.

 

[Yossarian]

Sorry.

 

[Doggiedog]

If he said what he was sorry for, he'd be out the rest of his contract.

Not a bad tactic IMO.

 

[rh71]

L

 

[TheNinja]

He should apologize for having a head that's 2 times bigger than Ted Kennedy's!!

 

[PlatinumGold]

steroids are what they are. the other players pretty much knew he was on steroids before. most fans pretty much believed it before and ownership HAD to have suspected steroid use.

if he got off them and it impacted his ability to perform that was a risk yankee management took.

i don't see what he should give up guaranteed money.