European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page 37 Giambi will Tell his Story to investigator by Ronald Blum the associated press new York Jason Giambi will Tell his steroids Story to George bowing to pres sure from baseball commissioner Bud Giambi said thursday he would cooperate with the steroids investigator and publicly admit Ted for the first time that he had a personal history regarding Ste hell be the first Active player known to speak with the former Senate majority no Date was set for their ses the former american league map said he  implicate other players and appeared to backtrack on earlier re Marks that the sport owed fans a collective apology for the steroids i alone am responsible for my actions and i apologize to the com the owners and the play ers for any suggestion that they were responsible for my behave Giambi said in a Selig said the meeting with Mitchell will take place prompt following remarks by Giambi that seemed to be an admission of steroids the commissioner had threatened discipline if he didst talk to Selig again left open the possibility of i will take Liambis level of cooperation into account in determining appropriate further a he Bud Selig Liambis decision came two weeks after Selig requested the meeting and followed contentious negotiations Between manage ment and Union Selig called Liambis cooperation an important step Forward in Mitchells efforts to provide a comprehensive report on the use of performance enhancing drugs in but by pressuring Giambi to Selig May have made other players even More reticent to discuss Mitchells which began in March has gone More slowly than he Giambi said there were boundaries on what he would Tell i will address my own personal history regarding i will not discuss in any fashion any other Giambi Jason Giambi Giambi is in the sixth season of a seven year con tract with the he Hast played since May 30 because of a foot injury and its known when he will be Able to play am Liambis de scribed wednesdays Conversa Tion Between his client and Selig As open and the commissioner was extremely persuasive in impressing upon us How important he Felt it was that Jason speak with the sen Tellem Tellem said Liambis decision not to discuss other players tracks the approach Jason has Al ways taken throughout to not Point to not deflect but rather to accept responsibility for his own Giambi testified to a Federal George Mitchell grand jury in 2003 that he used steroids during the 200103 sea sons and human growth hormone in the san Francisco Chroni Cle reported in he made a general apology before Spring training in 2005 but didst specify what he was apologizing his latest troubles began when he was quoted in Usa today last month discussing steroid use in a direct conversation the com missioner impressed upon me the idea that the game of baseball would be Best served by such a Giambi i will continue to do what i think is right and be candid about my past his tory regarding if Selig disciplines there is a Good Chance it would be overturned by an arbitrator As lacking just the Standard set by baseballs labor even though it appeared Giambi had the better Legal position there were no penalties for firs time steroids use in the period he discussed before the grand jury he didst want a i did not want to put my family through a lengthy Legal Chal Lenge in support of my he in the uncertainty of my playing status could detract from the efforts of our team to win the american league my focus at this time needs to be on rehabbing my get Ting Back on the Field and contrib uting to the goals of my in the Usa today Story on May Giambi was quoted As saying i was wrong for doing that what we should have done a Long time ago was stand up everybody and said we made a we should have apologized Back then and made sure we had a Rule in place and gone steroids and All of that was a part of but it was a topic that everybody wanted to nobody wanted to talk about five Days he was summoned to baseball Headquarters in new York and was interviewed about those statements by three management in the opinion of my represent Giambi was fully cooperative and candid in explaining his personal involvement with perform manc enhancing Selig Girardi sends of scurrying to plan b for skipper by David Ginsburg the associated press Baltimore Joe Girardi turned Down an offer to manage the Baltimore ending the teams Effort to secure its top Choice for the the orioles began negotiating Girardi soon after firing Sam Perlozzo on the sides appeared headed toward an agreement on but Girardi ultimately decided on thursday against getting Back in the orioles president of baseball operations Andy Macphail said Girardi withdrew his name from consideration because he want ready to leave his he just didst feel like he should go at this particular Macphail in disappoint but Dusty Baker and former Ori Oles Davey Rick Demp sey and Don Baylor Are thought of As possible candidates for an in according to the main qualification is enthusiasm for the position As manager of the a team trying to avoid a 10th straight losing sea i need somebody excited about the someone bullish on the future of the Macphail asked if a former Oriole would have an Macphail at the end of the i want to get a Guy i think will get us in the Macphail called the Pursuit of Girardi a preemptive strike be cause he was perceived by the team to be the clearcut Best candidate for the Joe convinced me he was going to be prepared tactically and have the team said who offered Girardi the Job Girardi and his Steve made it Clear Money was not the Macphail Calls to Mandel by the associated press were not immediately Girardi made a name for him self As a manager last year by guiding the Youthful Florida mar Lins to a 7884 the team remained in Contention for a play off spot until and after the season Girardi became the first to be voted no manager of the year despite a losing Girardi was the victim of a feud with owner Jeffrey upon firing the Las place orioles selected Bull pen coach Dave Trembley As interim the team hoped to replace him with but now must seek another i am now More Likely to be methodical and take my time to make sure in confident with the Macphail there Are a lot of qualified people out its not just a sea of Trembley earned his first Victory As a big league manager on wednesday when the Ori Oles ended a nine game losing Streak by beating san Diego their third Victory in 16 on Baltimore Defeated the padres 63 to win its first series in three were confident with Dave at the Helm until we decide where we want to go in the Macphail Dave has the Benefit of not having to go through the interview Hes going through an marlins Sanchez out for the year after shoulder surgery the associated press Florida marlins ngh Thunder Anibal Sanchez will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery thursday to repair a torn Labrum in his pitch ing the injury was discovered Dur ing exploratory arthroscopic sur Gery performed by James an Drews in it will take 34 months for him to re sume the marlins As a Rookie last the venezuelan pitched the first no hitter m the major leagues in years when he beat the Arizona diamondbacks 20 on he went 103 with a Era in including a 51 record in Sanchez nursed a sore shoulder during the of season and made Only six starts this going 21 with a Era while allowing 43 hits and 19 walks in 30 he was optioned to triple Albuquerque on May 4 and then said his shoulder had been bothering he Hast pitched White sox activate Erstad Chicago the Chicago White sox activated Darin Erstad from the 15day disabled list Fri Day before facing the Chicago cubs in inter league Erstad had been on the do since june 1 with a sprained left the White sox were 514 without who has played mostly Center is batting with two Home runs and 21 rib in 47 he agreed to a million contract with the White sox in a seeks steroids names poem a the associated press asked a Federal judge to make Public the names of base Ball players a government agent said were implicated in drug use by former major league Pitcher Jason in an application filed wednes Day in District the a said a sworn statement signed in May 2006 to obtain a search War rant for Grimsley Home in Arizona should be released in its entirety based on Legal precedent and Public when the signed by irs special agent Jeff was made Public in june names of the players Novitzky said Grimsley accused of using performance enhancing drugs were blacked any privacy interests of individuals named in the affidavit Are insufficient to overcome the pub pics right to the a said in its court