it says on the ESPN ticker that he did not play because he was diagnosed with parasites.

 

What type of parasites are we talking about??? :blink:

 

 

*looks at crotch* :lol :call

:blink:

Its an illness....not really that funny.

i heard about s*** like this....... its not cool could be dangerious from wha my friends told me about a month ago.....

i heard about s*** like this....... its not cool could be dangerious from wha my friends told me about a month ago.....

 

 

is it life threatning. :plain

No, but you can get VERY sick from one of these things....like a tick getting on you.

No, but you can get VERY sick from one of these things....like a tick getting on you.

Wow. That sucks. Get well soon man.

06/29/2004 9:11 PM ET

Parasite scratches Giambi

By Mark Feinsand / MLB.com

 

 

 

 

NEW YORK -- Jason Giambi sat out his third consecutive game on Tuesday, as the first baseman was diagnosed with an intestinal parasite, explaining the reason for his recent sluggishness.

Giambi is being treated with antibiotics, and is considered day-to-day.

 

"It's not something you want to hear, but at the same time, it makes you feel good that they finally figured out what was going on," Giambi said. "That is the reason why I have been struggling, I have been so exhausted and so tired. It's been hard to get up for the games and try to play and try to get through them."

 

Giambi is mired in a 1-for-14 slump, with just 13 hits in his last 69 at-bats (.188). He was scratched from the first game of Sunday's day-night doubleheader and treated at a Manhattan hospital for dehydration. He was given a battery of blood tests, which revealed the parasite.

 

"It makes you kind of understand why you are getting jammed by guys that are throwing 88 mph," Giambi said. "It's comforting to know that there has kind of been a reason behind it. Now I can get well."

 

"I'm expecting him to feel better once [the medication] grabs hold of him," said manager Joe Torre. "We'll check with him every day."

 

 

Giambi will see a doctor again in 10 days, and his return to the field could come as early as Wednesday. When he returns, Giambi may not find himself in his customary No. 5 spot in the lineup. Before scratching him on Tuesday, Torre had him penciled in seventh for the Yankees, as he tries to shake Giambi out of his slump.

 

"He's put a lot of pressure on himself," said Torre. "The hitter we know him to be is a guy that walks a lot, and I see more anxiousness from him. He's had some physical things to deal with, making adjustments with the knee. When you're in the middle of the lineup and everybody counts on you, it just puts a lot more pressure."

 

Apparently, George Steinbrenner hasn't been very happy with Giambi's performance of late, criticizing him in the papers a couple times over the past three days.

 

"I think he's been around long enough to understand that's part of what goes on here," Torre said. "When the owner got on [Hideki] Matsui last year, I think we realized that we're all vulnerable. You can't take it to heart. We know how passionate he is about winning."

 

With his health at the forefront of his mind, Giambi said he hasn't been concerned with the owner's comments.

 

"I have been feeling so miserable I haven't really thought about it," Giambi said. "In some cases, he's right. I wasn't playing very good and I was hurting the team. I was trying to run it off for the past few weeks, but it got progressively worse, and I'm not helping the ballclub, I'm hurting the ballclub. I came to that realization and we have to start getting some tests done. There shouldn't be any reason for being this exhausted. I'm 33, I'm not 50. I'm just glad we got it under control."

 

 

from Bankees.com. I hope he gets better.

LOL. Torre considers George just...The Owner.

 

Pwned.

Not a Yankee fan but Get Well Soon Jason. I heard he could be back in the lineup Wednesday

I heard on ESPN that he's actually had this parasite thing for over a month and Yankees doctors told him he was fine and should be better in a few days, but he never got better and his condition got even worse to the point where Torre ordered him to go to the hospital and he got tests done which revealed the parasite. He's now on antibiotics and will be better in a few days, parasites are only life threatening if they go untreated, which doesn't say much about the quality of doctors on the Yankees payroll.

 

Mabye the New Orleans Hornets doctors and medical staff can work for the Yankees in the NBA's offseason, haha.

I remember they thought Kobe had this during the 2002 playoffs but it was just major diahhrea and vomiting from food poisioning.

That the Kings sent him..... :lol

sounds like a coke problem