[新聞] Giambi的合約可能無效

[xiemark (aisinjuro)]

Yanks may look to jettison Jason

BY BILL MADDEN AND TERI THOMPSON
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS

Posted Sunday, May 20th 2007, 10:42 AM
Jason Giambi

Jason Giambi reacts after he grounded out in the 8th inning of last
night's game.

Jason Giambi's admission to USA Today that he once used steroids could
lead to the Yankees taking another shot at voiding his contract.

According to baseball sources familiar with the situation who requested
anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, the Yankees will
revisit the possibility of terminating Giambi's deal if it is determined
that he used illegal drugs after they signed him to a seven-year, $120
million contract in 2001.

The commissioner's office is investigating Giambi's comments to the
newspaper and will summon him to a meeting to discuss them. What he says
in that meeting - or doesn't say - may go a long way toward determining
how the Yankees proceed.

Giambi was quoted in USA Today on Friday as saying that he "was wrong
for doing that stuff," in reference to having used steroids, and said
that "what we should have done a long time ago was stand up - players,
owners, everybody - and said: 'We made a mistake.' We should have
apologized back then and made sure we had a rule in place and gone
forward. ... Steroids and all of that was a part of history. But it was
a topic that everybody wanted to avoid. Nobody wanted to talk about it."

Giambi declined to talk further about his comments as the Mets played
the Yankees in the Subway Series this weekend but commissioner Bud Selig
and the Yankees are most certainly interested in hearing what Giambi has
to say, if anything. He may decline to talk at all on the advice of
counsel.

If the Yankees do proceed, it will be the second time they have
considered such a move. The club looked into ending its relationship
with the player in late 2004 after the San Francisco Chronicle reported
that it had viewed transcripts in which Giambi told the grand jury
investigating the BALCO steroid scandal in December 2003 that he had
used steroids and human growth hormone before signing with the Yankees
and while playing for them in 2002 and 2003.

Had the Yankees tried to void his deal then, they would have faced
considerable legal hurdles from the Players Association, as they would
now. According to sources familiar with his contract, the deal contains
language saying it can be voided if he uses illegal substances while
with the club. But to win that battle, the Yankees would have to get
past provisions in the collective bargaining agreement that the Players
Association maintains supersedes those in a player's contract.

Giambi had suffered a series of mysterious ailments during the 2004
season, including, as the Daily News first reported, a benign tumor on
his pituitary gland. He missed 82 games, going from an MVP-caliber
player to a .200-hitting part-timer. His grand jury testimony was then
revealed in December, and the Yankees began considering ways to get out
from under his deal. The first baseman/DH's salary is $21 million for
this season and 2008, and the Yanks hold an $22 million option for 2009
with a $5 million buyout clause.

Giambi showed up at spring training in 2005 slimmed down and less
powerful, but as he began to come around, the Yankees abandoned their
attempts to get rid of him. After getting off to a horrendous start, he
eventually was named AL Comeback Player of the Year, hitting .271 with
32 home runs.

Until his comments in USA Today, Giambi had never publicly admitted
using steroids, although he made an unspecific apology at a press
conference at Yankee Stadium after the Chronicle's report appeared. It
was believed that the reason Giambi made no admission was that he wanted
to avoid liability with his team and Major League Baseball.


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seven-year, $120 million contract in 2001

2001年簽的7年120 million元合約可能無效。

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