Jay Gibbons would prefer to not go to instructional camp

by SC on Mar 24, 2008 7:39 PM EDT in Commentary Comment 10 comments

Frankly, I'd prefer Jay Gibbons go anywhere that has no association with the Baltimore Orioles, but that's me.

Gibbons is being considered for assignment to extended spring training thanks to his 15-game suspension. He wants to start with a minor league team and get some work there, but the Orioles are pretty sure -- since this MAKES SENSE -- that Gibbons can't play for a team whose games count.

All we've heard about Gibbons this spring is that he can't play. That was fairly obvious LAST season, wasn't it? When you talk about performance-enhancing drug use in baseball and who's been caught, or at least has been clearly fingered even without failed tests, there's a few different camps. There are the guys that can play without them -- Bonds, Clemens, Tejada (none of whom have failed tests or admitted use), Pettitte, and so on and so forth.

Then there's the group Jay Gibbons belongs to. The group that can play baseball professionally, sure, but are they even on a major league team with any consistency without it? Gibbons and Ryan Franklin and guys like that.

Then there's the other group, minor league bums that are trying to become Ryan Franklin or Jay Gibbons.

Oh, the vicious cycle.

Don't do drugs, kids. You might turn into Jay Gibbons.

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I just wish...

there was a way to void his contract.

But I don't see that happening. After all, we're not voiding B-Rob's, and he admitted to hgh use.

I also want a vehicle with a fully-functioning transmission, but apparently, today's not my day for getting what I want.

I'm sad there's no more photos in sig lines.

by duck on Mar 24, 2008 7:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

re:Don't do drugs, kids

I counldn't disagree more.

It all depends on the type of drugs.

by BENNY BIRDMAN on Mar 24, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

As a HS teacher...

I'm all for the aerial spraying of Valium in HS cafeterias.

"Do we get some sort of prize?"

by duck on Mar 24, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Jay may be little miffed now, but he'll eventually be fat and content with all the money the Orioles were stupid enough to waste on him. Maybe he'll use it to become a laundromat mogul or something in that vein.

He may piss and moan in the short run, probably in public - just give it a few more weeks. He probably feels put upon and mistreated. Maybe he'll even feel a bit embarrassed when he continues to suck really hard when the O's do stick him in the lineup. But I bet he never feels remorse or guilt. He earned that money.

And he's ours to watch through 2009!

"This is Birdland"

by drj on Mar 24, 2008 8:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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I just started a franchise on MLB 2K8, and I have Gibby riding my pine. I brought him up to pinch-hit with the bases loaded at Yankee Stadium and he hit a grand slam. I let him get a spot start and he hit a two-run homer that game.

I've never been so mad to win on a video game, ever.

by SC on Mar 24, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Quick. Trade him.

One my buddies once practiced up on a gambling scheme which all worked out great in simulated runs. He went to Atlantic City and was out of cash in about an hour. He spent the weekend on the streets. Your virtual Jay vs. the real Jay would come out the same.

by drj on Mar 24, 2008 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs