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Jay Gibbons Gets a Second Chance .....

Location: Blogs Blogs Rex Snider's Blog
Posted by: Rex Snider	7/24/2008 8:21 AM
I’m glad to see Jay Gibbons is getting a second chance. He’s worked for forgiveness and an opportunity to prove his skills are major league worthy, again. He’s certainly contrite and has made sincere gestures and promises of charity in an effort to make amends. I absolutely mean Gibbons no “ill will” and really hope he succeeds. He seems like a genuinely nice guy and this entire HGH/Steroids dilemma appears to have caused him some tangible, personal anguish. Yep, I think he feels bad about the way things have gone over the past year. But, before we let him off the hook, there’s one little issue to resolve ….. That issue regards a mere sum of $21,000,000 !!!! In 2005, Jay Gibbons posted a pretty respectable season ….. 26 homers, 79 rbi, 135 hits. Don’t get me wrong, even if he was clean, I don’t think these numbers merited a 4 year/$21 million deal. But, he got the deal and suspiciously never lived up to the performance that garnered him the security. Was Jay Gibbons “clean” during the 2005 campaign? I guess that answer will get buried with him someday ….. unless he blows his fortune and needs to write a “tell all” book. Hey, Jose Canseco did it. Remember, he’s the one who caused this real-life set of dominoes to come tumbling down. If Jay Gibbons benefited from the use of performance enhancing substances in the games and seasons prior to his “big payday” there’s a question to ponder. Did he really earn the money? And, if he didn’t earn it ….. should he return it? I’ll give you a couple minutes to enjoy a good chuckle ….. I know ….. you know ….. and the clerk at 7-11 knows ….. Jay Gibbons is not that generous. To quote Drew Forrester ….. he’s not gonna back the armored car up to Camden Yards and off-load his life savings. I can’t say I would give it back, either. In fact, I’d be spending summers on the rocky shores of Maine and winters island-hopping in the Caribbean. Uh-huh, anybody and everybody could put the “bad mouth” to me and I’d find some selfish comfort within the confines of my fortune. Do you really think Rafael Palmeiro, Mark McGwire and Roger Clemens are living any differently? With the exception of Clemens’ looming legal crisis, I don’t think we’ll hear from these guys anytime soon. This gets me back to Gibbons. What’s motivating him to do this? Why is he trying to make a comeback? What does he have to prove? In reality, I don’t think he’s a big league-caliber ballplayer. He wasn’t exactly tearing up the Atlantic League, prior to signing with Milwaukee. By all accounts, it appears that Milwaukee GM, Gord Ash, has a soft spot for the popeye-armed outfielder. Ash drafted Gibbons in the 1998 amateur draft, while with the Toronto Blue Jays. Perhaps, Ash’s heart is involved. Still, Jay Gibbons is getting a second opportunity to take an eventual crack at Major League Baseball. By all means, he could’ve moved back to the west coast and enjoyed a very comfortable and private life. Instead, he’s settling for the inconvenient travel that becomes a minor league ballplayer. Perhaps, this is Gibbons’ way of saying and showing he’s sorry. Maybe he really wants to make it back to “the show” the old fashioned way, with hard work, grit and a determination that can’t be compromised. In the end, though, talent will be the determining factor. Personally, I think Jay Gibbons is in a “lose/lose” situation. If he toils in Milwaukee’s minor league system, without returning to the majors, it’ll be assumed that he was never good enough without the benefit of an edge. And, if he does make it back, he’ll always be scrutinized, heckled and presumed guilty ….. regardless of the contribution. If I stood in Jay Gibbons’ shoes, I would have walked away. End of story …..

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Re: Jay Gibbons Gets a Second Chance .....

By Charlie Crab on 7/24/2008 2:50 PM

Great blog Rex. As usual.

Re: Jay Gibbons Gets a Second Chance .....

By Eric on 7/25/2008 10:22 AM

First Jay Gibbons should be banned from baseball, not because of the drug use, but because of abject stupidity on his part. Ordering banned drugs, that he knew would cost him millions of dollars--okay, ready for this...you sure...here it comes...IN HIS OWN NAME! The reality is that most professional athletes take some form of performance enhancing substance. To beleive otherwise is simply naive. Sorry to burst anyone's bubble. By the way, there's no Santa Clause either. But the reason that you don't hear more about other athletes getting caught is that they aren't as STUPID as Jay Gibbons. And more athletes don't get caught because there are banned substances that athletes can take which clear the body very quickly, thus allowing for a negative test.<br><br>Second, of course Jay's 2005 performance was improved by his drug use. Again, to beleive otherwise is niave. So, did he earn his 21 million dollar contract? Probably not. But not because he used drugs. It was because he just didn't deserve the money based on his performance. Don't blame Jay. The Orioles have a history of over paying players that never deliver.<br><br>Finally, Rex hits the nail on the head. Jay should have retired. He will not make it out of the Milwaukee farm system. Without the drugs he's just another good amateur baseball player.

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