Giambi - Now & Later

Franz Lidz looks at Jason Giambi at Portfolio.com. (Not a BALCO mention to be seen.) Hat tip to BaseballThinkFactory.org. Two snips:

“I’m a year older than Mickey Mantle was in his final game,” [Giambi] says. “My teammates used to call me the Modern-day Mick because I could play all day and party all night. Now I’m more of a family guy. I drive an Escalade to the ballpark.”

What’s the name of that family, the Sopranos?

Giambi doesn’t plan to hang up his cleats just yet, but he’s not exactly ruing the day he does. “After A-Rod retires, he wants to be a real estate mogul, the next Donald Trump,” Giambi says. “I could care less. As long as I can have a fast boat and a margarita machine and can light my hair on fire, I’ll be just fine.”

I’ve never played in one, but, I’ve heard about these “Death Pool” games that people play. If I understand it right, you get more points for picking someone who passes at an early age. Based on what we have seen and heard about Giambi, he could be a ’sleeper’ pick in a lot of these pools once he retires. Between the stuff he’s put in his body, the partying, the fast cars, fast boats, and motorcycles, he’s a five-tool player in that game, in some respects.