Just when Jason Giambi was becoming one of the more likeable Yankees, he goes and does something stupid like not live up to the forty billion dollar club option left on his contract. Tisk tisk.

He did steroids, admitted it (kinda), and still got to doff his cap in the final game at Yankee Stadium. That rules. I guess that's all I really saw in the guy.

Mr. Giambi and Carl Pavano both had their contracts extinguished by the Yankees yesterday, as the club options left on each of them were pricey to say the least. Giambi would have been given $22 million and Pavano $13 million, both far beyond what either can expect to make testing the waters of free agency. The front office in New York said that it shouldn't surprise anyone, but come on. When have nickels and dimes stopped the Yankees from doing anything? I'm surpised if only to make the front office wrong.

So, good luck guys. I doubt either of you will ever matter again.

The Dugout

	Online Host Welcome to Yankees Chat!
	HanksForNothing: More mush, Pop?
	WinBenSteinsBrenner: /nods slowly /mumbles something about baggy jeans

	HanksForNothing: Heeere comes the aaiiirplaaaane. RRRrrrrrrrrrrrroooowwwwww! /dumps mashed peas in old man hatch
	LongLiveGiambi: hey guys. oh, wow. you, uh... you busy here?
	HanksForNothing: What, I dress my father in a baby costume and splash his face with Gerber and suddenly I'm unavailable? Come in, come in.

	LongLiveGiambi: you want me to, uh, help?
	HanksForNothing: Nah, Pop's pretty particular about who gives him his nummers. Ain't that right, Pop?
	WinBenSteinsBrenner: /farts primordial soup
	HanksForNothing: Damn, that didn't sound good. F*** it. What's on your mind?
	LongLiveGiambi: I just spoke with Brian Cashman and he told me that all internal negotiations are going through you now. got a second?
	HanksForNothing: Sure, but I don't know what you expect from me.
	LongLiveGiambi: well, I was kind of hoping I could talk you into picking up my option year.
	HanksForNothing: Seriously? It's $22 million. I could get Manny Ramirez for that kind of coin, or a big tripped out name tag.
	LongLiveGiambi: sure, but I've been here long enough to know that 20 mil isn't going to sink the franchise. the new stadium is insulated with singles. you can rap the walls with a hammer and hear the dense clusters of bills with a stethoscope.
	HanksForNothing: And I'd depreciate our horribly inefficient yet mildly enjoyable novelty for you why?
	LongLiveGiambi: the fans love me! don't you remember all the people who poured into the stadium donning fake mustaches last year?
	HanksForNothing: Of course. And do you remember when the FBI raided O'Brien Pharmaceuticals and found nary a trace of the reported $200k in performance enhancers tipped by their inside man? That place was a mile upstream the Harlem River from the Bronx.
	LongLiveGiambi: Hank, I'm practically family. You're really going to turn me to the street like this?
	HanksForNothing: Allow me to make this as clear as possible:
	HanksForNothing: /dabs stamp in ink pad /slaps stamp on forehead
	Online Host LongLiveGiambi's forehead reads "TEXAS RANGERS NO POSTAGE NECESSARY"
	HanksForNothing: And now I ask you to leave.
	LongLiveGiambi: you'll regret this! you haven't heard the last of Jason "Motorcycles" Giambi!
	Online Host LongLiveGiambi has left the chat room
	HanksForNothing: I'm good at this. Right, Pop?
	WinBenSteinsBrenner: /falls asleep /life force teeters
	HanksForNothing: I'm continuing the Steinbrenner legacy and am just like Pop!
	HanksForNothing: /friends Mark Cuban on Facebook
	CarlNotLenny: Hey Hank? Cashman said I should talk to you.
	HanksForNothing: Suuure, why not. I could use a laugh.
	CarlNotLenny: Well, my option is only $13 million and
	HanksForNothing: THIS IS WAY LESS FUNNY THAN I FIRST IMAGINED /unloads 4 shotgun blasts
	CarlNotLenny: REEEEEEEEE
	Online Host CarlNotLenny wanders aimlessly through free agency
	HanksForNothing: Welp! That frees up a buttload of money for the offseason. Who should we go after, Pop?
	WinBenSteinsBrenner: /groan /mutters racial slurs
	HanksForNothing: He's not a free agent.
	WinBenSteinsBrenner: trade gehrig
	HanksForNothing: You still got it, Pop!

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