As it turns out, Giambi wears the skimpy undergarment to help him break out of hitting slumps – giving us a whole new connotation of the term “slump-buster.” As if this revelation wasn’t amusing enough, he further led on that he has shared it with superstar teammates Johnny Damon and Derek Jeter – and that the magical thong has also helped them break out of their slumps.

Far from being an outlandish Peacock , we believe Giambi’s revelation to be a strategic Lantern + Deflect . A well-crafted play takes into account prevailing sentiments, and we guess that Giambi made this move to take the heat off of his struggling teammates and inject some humor into a gloomy clubhouse, if only for a brief moment. As an added bonus, his plan also seems to have diverted the team’s attention away from the recent “hit or else” Challenges issued by team co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner.

At the Playmaker’s Standard, we have to ask: “If Giambi can no longer belt out homers as he has in the past, could there be a new role for him as the Yankees’ master-Playmaker to the New York press?” We believe that with a little bit of practice and a thorough understanding of the Playmaker’s Table, he will be able to go round-for-round with Gotham’s back-page columnists.