Colorado Rockies Resurrect Jason Giambi: The Long Goodbye

"Forever doesn't mean forever anymore." —Elvis Costello

"Marlowe: So you used me.

Lennox: That’s what friends are for.  Nobody cares.

Marlowe: Nobody cares but me.

Lennox: That’s you, Marlowe. You're a born loser.

Marlowe: Yeah, I even lost my cat."—From the film The Long Goodbye

Last Friday, they gave away Jason Giambi, in bobblehead form, at the Oakland-Alameda County Memorial Coliseum. A day later, the Rockies scooped him up, in the form of the actual player, his head bobbling up and down in agreeance to a minor-league contract.

The fact that the A's were giving away Giambi bobbleheads after they had unceremoniously released him just wee...

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