Morning stroll down memory lane

Whenever someone mentions Jason Giabmi’s tenure with the Yankees, I get pretty peeved. He wasn’t exactly the player he was in Oakland and his glove was, well, let’s just not talk about that. However, he was still productive with the bat, posting a .404 OBP and a .525 SLG (.925 OPS) in his time with the Yankees; his wOBA with the Bombers from ’02-’08 was a robust .397, good for a 145 wRC+. I still don’t get why people say he was a disappointment on offense. Anyway, today marks a special anniversary for Giabmi and the Yanks. Today is the 10 year anniversary of his walk off grand slam against the Twins, and Chris Jaffe over at Hardball Times has a nice retrospective about the homer; he’s also got notes on other “Day-verseries” like this one: “5,000 days since Jeff Bagwell finally hits his first career grand slam. It’s his 218th home run” and anniversaries like this one: “1887: Pud Galvin, the first pitcher to win 300 games (and also the first to lose 300), gives up the only grand slam of his career.”

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