Re: The Yankees

So after last night’s game we dropped into last place… and I reminded myself that this is a rebuilding year… and I’m trying to be okay with that.

And there are lots of new faces on this team… and I’m trying to be okay with that too.

But then I read articles like this one, and I just want to scream.

The deepest, darkest secret harbored by the New York Yankees first baseman is that whenever he is in a prolonged hitting funk, he wears a gold lamé, tiger-stripe thong under his uniform. “I only put it on when I’m desperate to get out of a big slump,” he confides.

Over Giambi’s checkered career in the Bronx, he has left the “golden thong” in the lockers of slumping teammates Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Johnny Damon, Robin Ventura, and Robinson Cano. “All of them wore it and got hits,” he reports. “The thong works every time.”

Seriously, Jason? You’re making $23.4 MM this year and currently hitting .188 and you’re telling me that you have magic underwear that could make you hit better and not only are you not wearing it, but you’re sharing it around the clubhouse AND telling the press about it.

Seriously?

And what is wrong with the Yankees PR department? I, for one, would feel a lot better if I read less about Hank being a douche (unlikely), Giambi’s thong, Farnsworth’s bake-offs, A-Rod passing out in the delivery room, and Jeter’s herpes and a little bit more about how they’re going to man-up and turn into a cohesive, strong team (also seemingly unlikely at this point).