Now, I  know that Giambi's career is far more colorful and full of more gold stars than Bobby's will ever be-   but lately I've been wondering just who might be the biggest disappointment to A's fans this year-  Jason or Bobby.   I mean with Bobby-  we really didn't expect a great deal, did we?    After watching him flail away at the ball last year-  his hyped first "full healthy year"-   and watching the disastrous attempt at getting rid of him in the offseason-  we thought he would be little more than a benchwarmer this year.  Surprise-  Bobby has been an almost full time player due to injuries and in the inability of the A's to find a reliable third baseman.  Still, Bobby has pretty much did what we expected him to do,  flail away at the ball and continue to look completely lost at the plate most of the time.  

Giambi however, came riding into town on the white stallion (okay, maybe a graying stallion) and was hyped (along with sub-par Holliday) as being the savior of the ailing A's offense.    I've got to admit, I believed the storybook crap-  I believed that Jason still had the ability the hit homeruns on a consistent basis and lead this team to wonderful places.  I thought for sure the Yankees would be truly sorry they dumped him-  er, rather "didn't pick up my contract" as Jason says.   When Billy Beane was sitting there in the press conference with this schoolgirl crush look on his face,  gushing all over Jason and telling him how wonderful it was to have him back,  I just knew that Jason would lead the way. 

Well, here we are two months into the season and it's obvious that Giambi doesn't have nearly the offensive prowness he used to have.  Sure,  he can jack one into the stands now and then -when he manages to get a bad pitch to hit- but most of the time he's standing there watching the third strike or sending another easy fly ball in into the outfield for an out.   More disturbing to me is the look on his face-  and that is a look of uncertainty.  Long gone is the Jason of yesterday that seemed to overflow with arrogance and confidence-   now we have a player who seems to know his glory days are over for good.  

So if I had to vote,  I'd cast my meaningless vote for Giambi as the biggest disappointment of the year, so far.