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I don't know if Giambi plans on retiring after this year of not.
I do know he wants a ring.
I do believe he takes a lot of pride in what he does.
My guess is he's working out on his own

On the other hand, if you were Jason Giambi, wouldn't you, considering the timing, prefer to avoid the inevitable steroid questions as long as possible? I'm sure he's working out on his own.

My guess is that he is hanging it up after this season. His body is just too broken down. He probably doesn't want to risk reinjuring himself by conditioning too hard.

Steve, A-Rod isn't in camp, either!

OMG!!!

The guy signs a $300 million contract. Now he's set for life. And what does he do during the first year of his new contract, when he can show up early and work out with Jeter, and demonstrate that he's not going to take his $300 million for granted?? The has the audacity not to report to camp before he's required to. OUTRAGEOUS!!

I bet he shows up with Giambi, too. Those two slackers.

"A-Rod isn't in camp, either!"

There's a difference. A-Rod's coming off an MVP season - Giambi is not.

The regular season starts in 1 1/2 months and ends 7 1/2 months from now. I'd prefer the players pace themselves for the long season.

What will Giambi accomplish by reporting to camp now rather than within a few days when they have to show up?

I don't know if you have people who work for you but if they're supposed to begin work at 9AM do you chastise them if they show up on time?

Basura,

Steve = Tummy Coughlin...w/o the SB ring!!!

Jeter lives in Tampa while Matsui and Duncan were rehabbing injuries and are allowed to report to camp early. If he reported early and was turned away I think you'd blame him for not knowing when he was allowed to report.

As a player coming off an injury, Giambi would be allowed to come early, if he wanted to...

I truly don't remember the specific injury Giambi would be rehabbing from, other than getting older. I know Duncan and Matsui had offseason surgeries, did Giambi have one, too?

Sorry if it's coming across as I'm challenging every point you're making.

Giambi missed two months last year after tearing tissue in his left foot. He was not the same when he came back. I would have to imagine that he had some sort of work done on it that would warrant him being able to report early with the rest of the rehabbers.

There is this thing called a private trainer ( you might know.. one was just all over the news a few days ago for some reason ;)) and there are private training facilities that people attend to . just because he's not in camp yet doesn't mean he's not really working out .

Giambi lives in vegas IIRC, so he's probably down in the Arizona complexes or at home with his private trainers.

OMG, Steve. Now you are just making sh*t up. YES, Giambi was injured at one point during the season last year, but he was not injured when the season ended, and he did not have a medical procedure performed during the offseason. He is not in a position to be in camp early.

There's also another difference. You've just cherry-picked Giambi for no good reason, when there were plenty of other non-pitching candidates to pick. Where are Damon and Abreu, who were both publicly called out by Cashman this offseason for reporting to camp out of shape last year?? It would seem that they should be in camp early this year more than Giambi ... or did I just steal your thunder for tomorrow's "sky-is-falling" post? Sorry.

I guess Giambi somehow figured out how to get in shape without reporting to camp early.

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/02/16/giambi-reportedly-in-great-shape/