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Comeback player of the year announced.

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Just heard on 1410AM that Jason Giambi got comeback player of the year award. What a joke. What the hell did he come back from? A steroid addiction? That's just horrible. There is no way in hell this award doesn't belong to Ken Griffey Jr. For the first time as a Cincinnati Red he batted over .300...and he got his power and RBI numbers back up to griffey like status. That's a comeback!
 
I saw that they both won it. Let me see if I can round up a link on that.

NEW YORK (Ticker) - Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. and New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi were named the recipients of the 2005 Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award, the league announced Thursday.
Griffey received 101,264 votes on MLB.com to win the National League's honor. The oft-injured center fielder batted .301 with 35 home runs - his most in five years - and 92 RBI in 128 games.
Giambi garnered 100,037 votes to receive the American League's award. He had 32 homers and 87 RBI while leading the league with 108 walks and a .440 on-base percentage after overcoming injuries, an intestinal parasite and steroid allegations.
"When we started spring training, knowing what went on last year and over the wintertime, I really didn't know what to expect and I certainly didn't expect the power numbers to come back as quickly as they did," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "And again, I know the players were all happy for him because for a long time, he really wasn't getting it done, and they knew how hard he was working.
"So I'm just very pleased for him. I think that's great and he's meant so much. I mean, he's made an impact on our lineup, when you consider we rearranged it to put him in the 3-hole, you have to come a long way to do that." This is the first year that the league officially has sanctioned the award. Six players from each league were nominated by the editorial staff at MLB.com and representatives of the league.
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sickening, but completely predictable. So if I go out and rape someone, but have good numbers the year I come back, can I win teh award too?

Baseball just gets more unattractive by the day. McGwire and others will make the Hall of Fame b/c "you can't prove they cheated", so many stars look like bowling balls (Wells & a million other pitchers, Ortiz, etc), and it's only worth watching sometimes in october.
 
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sandgk said:
Well that ought to get XC back of the ledge - I think he's tensing up to be in game mode come Saturday Night.

Anyway - I'm glad Griffey got to at least share the award.
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It looks like it isn't a shared award, but that Giambi got it for the AL and Griffey got it for the NL. Griffey definitely deserves it, and Giambi...well... I'd feel the same way if Ricky Williams won it this year in the NFL.
 
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The biggest joke is that apparently people actually feel sorry for Giambi. I mean, yeah, it's real tough, having a job that pays gazillions of dollars that you can be a complete fraud at and still collect your paycheck, not to mention get paid to "work through it" when you're playing like a dogshit AA player after you're no longer geeked up :shake:
 
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JonathanXC: "What the hell did he come back from? A steroid addiction? That's just horrible."

First off, the fans, not the sportswriters, vote for this award. If you feel so adamently about Giambi not winning this award, then you should've logged onto mlb.com and said your piece with a vote.

And secondly, yes, Giambi was on steroids, I'm not disputing that - but mlb has no proof of this. As far as mlb is concerned, they know he came back from a bad back, knee, intestinal parasite, and a pituitary tumor. They don't have any evidence of steroids to keep him off the ballot.

Thirdly, how do you know Griffey wasn't on steroids himself? The guy had a million freak injuries in steroid sore spots like hammies and such .. and his body completely broke down at 30 years old. I'm not accusing him of anything, but the symptoms are there and none of us know who was and who wasn't juicing.

And fourth, who cares? Can you name me one single past winner of the Comeback Player of the Year Award? Its an inconsequential thing that'll be forgotten tomorrow.
 
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it's the fact that "we can't prove someone did steroids" therefore they are clean that sickens us. So you're suggesting that disillusioned fans should be more dedicated and log onto a website to vote? That seems a little backwards.
 
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jwinslow: "it's the fact that "we can't prove someone did steroids" therefore they are clean that sickens us. So you're suggesting that disillusioned fans should be more dedicated and log onto a website to vote? That seems a little backwards."

No, I'm not suggesting that at all. Giambi is as clean as O.J. is innocent, whether proven or unproven. But MLB didn't have the evidence to keep him off this ballott, and from that point on, its out of their hands - the fans voted for him.

My biggest point is that its not a big deal. Giambi winning this inconsequential award is much less damaging to the sport than Bonds winning 7 MVPs juiced up .. if we (as baseball fans) can sit through all that garbage, then this shouldn't be so big an outrage.

I tend to agree with JonathanXC's take, but there's no way that it would've caused enough of a stir with me to post anything on the topic.

And (and this is completely my biased opinion of it), I give Giambi a lot of credit for what he did this year. He made a mistake, he cheated, but he paid his dues in shame, hit the bottom of the barrell, had major health problems, faced relentless media & fan scrutiny, and had enough balls to dust himself off, get back up, worked hard, and started raking again with no 'roids.

Giambi's also the only one of these guys who didn't lie about it to the GRand Jury, and he never pointed a finger at another teammate or ballplayer (like Sheffield & Palmeiro did).

Lesser guys would've shriveled up, not done a thing ever again, and collected their guaranteed $81 million. Look at Rafael Palmeiro by comparison: we'll never see or hear from that guy again, and he's retiring with some gas still left in the tank. If this positive test didn't come about, there's no way he's walking away from a shot at 600 Homers.
 
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Sloopy45 shows new depths of stupidity with his post.
Baseball has no proof Giambi did roids? Uh, he admitted it on the grand jury. Oh, I guess he was lying to further his "comeback" credentials. :roll1:

How stupid can you be, Brent?

Yeah, Griffey certainly looks like he's done roids. Is it just a coincidence he's one of the few stars who's appearance hasn't changed in 10 years?
 
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