The Athletics signed Jason Giambi to a one year, $4 million dollar deal today that brings Giambi back to the team where he had his best seasons. If he hits 525 and 550 plate appearances, he’ll earn an additional $250k for each benchmark so if things work as planned, he should end up with $4.5 million. There’s also a club option for 2010 at $6.5 million.
Not too shabby after Giambi revived his career with 32 homeruns and a .502 slugging percentage last year. He’ll fill in nicely at designated hitter and while his days at frst but so far the A’s have been mum about where he’s going to play.
Baseball season is right around the corner and I got a taste of it at Christmas. My son will be playing his first little league season this summer so we bought him a baseball bat and baseball glove for Christmas. We picked up both at Baseball Rampage, and they were very helpful on the telephone and had a great selection of equipment.
