giambi vs rodriguez

where does giambi, whose statistics were inflated by steroids, get off criticizing alex rodriguez, who is currently 'slumping' at .286 with 34 home runs and 116 RBIs?! to give a quick summary of giambi's illustrious career, you have to begin with his pseudo-admitted steroid use. from there, he avoided drug speculation in 2004 by claiming that a stomach virus had widdled him down 40 pounds and left him too sick to play for half a season. when he returned, he did so with a significant decrease in power, and a batting average that hovered around .200. in 2005, he had a decent season; a .270 average with 32 home runs. this of course, was likely due to giambi finding some new cocktail of growth hormones to help him bulk up. even with whatever performance enhancing drugs he was taking, his numbers, in a complete season, were less than those that rodriguez has reached this year with ten games left to play. giambi is the worst kind of cheater; the kind that makes everyone love him. i cheered for him, his image of the everyday guy that earned success through hard work. he had everyone fooled, and i'm fairly certain he's trying to fool everyone again. rodriguez is having an off year, granted, but his off years are still better than anything giambi is capable of producing. please giambi, leave criticism to those that still have some credibility.

agassi

the match last night between agassi and baghdatis was incredible, and i have no idea how agassi's back will be able to recover in time for his third round match. for the baghdatis match he needed a 20 minute cortisone injection, which he thought would only keep him loose for a little over an hour. the match ended up stretching to 3 hours and 45 minutes, and by the end it was the 21 year old baghdatis' inferior conditioning that gave 36 year old agassi the win. it's great to see agassi look somewhat like his old self, minus the hair, cutoff jeans and earrings of course. the way the draw is shaping up, one more win would likely create a fourth round match against andy roddick, and a great exit for one of the ten best male tennis players of all time.