The bad A.J. Burnett showed up on Friday night–Bad A.J, Bad, Bad!–while the good Ubaldo Jimenez appeared for the Rockies–Bad A.J, Bad, Bad! The result was a 4-2 win for the Rockies. Yeah, five walks for Burnett just doesn’t cut it. About the only good thing to be said for the entire evening was that the Red Sox lost too, 3-1, in Pittsburgh. Oh, and if you are a Jason Giambi fan, and why the hell not, count me as one, you got to see the erstwhile Yankee have a good game. Giambi went 3-4 with a walk. He hit a monstrous home run into the right center field bleachers.
“I wasn’t touching the ground,” said Giambi, according to Brian Heyman. “I was excited. There’s an incredible energy playing in this stadium with the fans that they have here. It was like old times to have that opportunity to play in front of them again. I went up there, and I think he could’ve thrown the resin bag 2-and-0 and I would’ve swung at it. …
“I couldn’t have dreamed for a better game to have.”
Here’s hoping his sweet dreams lasted just one night.
[Picture by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images]
I am glad I slept through that one. Bleah. Although it would have been cool to see the Giambino get his props.
I never really liked Giambi for the Yankees, but I did like him in general. Just didn't seem like a good fit vibe-wise. And unfortunately for him he symbolizes the lost years. But it was nice he got to blast one and is still comfortably greasy and sloppy looking.
Giambi blech
AJ had the first 4K inning in Yankee history.
[4] Oh, so now we're getting into irrational numbers >;)