Three Run Jimmy Jack

It seems almost every blog I read has a post about Jason Giambi today. I might as well chime in. When Jason was on the A's, he WAS the A's. There hasn't been quite the same kind of leader for this team since. Miggy was a leader in a funny kooky sort of way. Jason was just the guy. To think that his the-guyness was steroid-induced is hard to take as an A's fan. What I think we should all take home from this lesson is that steroids bring shame to a great game. It shames me a little to think I was rooting for that guy. I wonder what we'd be saying if they had some wonder drug that everyone took that had no bad side-effects? I guess chemicals that enhance athletic performance are just going to get better and better, and harder and harder to detect. Maybe this scandal will begat a return of small-ball in a big way to everyone in the major leagues. No one thinks bunts and hit and runs are steroid-induced.