Giambi's Hole
Giambi's Hole discusses the key aspects of Jason Giambi and other players that have left the Oakland Athletics to teams that pay them more. They describe Giambi's Hole as the particular point in which Giambi will strike out. The teams wonder why don't pitchers aim for that spot when in fact they do. If there is a slight mistake in the motion of the pitch, that will lead to an easy swing for Jason Giambi to get a home run. This chapter discusses his brother, Jeremy Giambi, as well. He is currently playing for Oakland, but is not as good as his brother. The story progresses to announce the game for the Yankees and Athletics. It mentions big-star players such as Derek Jeter, Alfonso Soriano, Mariano Rivera, and much more significant players. They show how well the Yankees are equipped with such magnificent players. Also, it continues to compare Jason Giambi to Jeremy Giambi. It mentions how they are both slow and not the best at fielding. Jeremy Giambi plays outfield while Jason Giambi played infield which is quite a weird situation. The Athletics put Jeremy in outfield when he is terrible at hitting, but he has a good arm and can throw accurately to the plate.
I did not enjoy this chapter as much as the other ones. It just focused on a few particular players rather than the team or story as a whole. They do not apply this chapter to the story as much as they should have. This chapter was slightly confusing as well and was not written well enough in a sense which could have been enjoyable. I hope future chapters in the story continue to relate to the story more than this chapter.
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