RV99 Monday Evening Quote

(From former Yankee pitching legend and current YES Network broadcaster David Cone, after Jason Giambi shaved his mercurial and wondrous mustache) "...and Giambi homers much to the dismay of the American Mustache Institute!"

Way to go Coney, it's great to see the enthusiasm in the booth and was even more fantastic to see you on the hill this past Saturday at the final Old Timer's Day at the old Yankee Stadium! As our good friend Luis Sojo used to say (with incredibly thick and funny accent), "Hey Coney, why don't you have a dance?!?

Jason Giambi 'Support the Stache' Campaign Really Heating Up

Giambino Slams Walk-Off Pinch Hit Homer, Mustache Mania Takes NYC By Storm

Special Congrats to the Ricky Vaughn 99 Mustache of the Month Award Winner for June 2008, Jason "Meatball Face" Giambi!

Sports Mustache of the Month

Last month it was the gold thong and now comes the emergence of the wonderous mustache! After a brually slow start to the 2008 season, Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi knew a change was in order. Mired in a season-long slump, Giambi saw his average dip below the interstate and his power numbers were less than impressive as well. Injuries to players like Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada only increased the pressure on Giambi to hit the ball but his struggles continued. After putting on the gold thong, Jason started feeling locked in once again at the plate. However, an everyday player cannot be expected to run around every day wearing a banana hammock. Giambi is a superstitious player and decided to grow a long, lustrous mustache to keep his hitting successes on a roll. In previous seasons, Giambi has sported the 'stache as a slump-buster and last year grew it to honor the former Yankee captain and mustachial pheneomenon Donny Baseball. This year's 'stache has excited his teammates to such an extent that Johnny Damon, Joba Chamberlain and Shelley Duncan are growing little fuzzy friends of their own! We'll see how long the mustache growing lasts but through this exercise it is very apparent that mustaches are cool and do not mess with The Giambino.

Giambi Admits to Wearing Ladies Underwear

Giambi Makes Shocking Confession

Following last night's Yankee loss at home to the Detroit Tigers and second in as many nights, Jason Giambi called a press conference from the team's clubhouse. In previous years, Giambi has admitted to using steroids and performance enhancing drugs so the agenda for this press conference was assumed to be steroids-related. Giambi took the podium and made a confession much to the surprise of the media and having nothing to do with performance enhancing substances. Said Giambi: "I have worked harder in the past year on my body and staying in shape than ever before. I am mired in a season-long slump and I would like to confess that there is a pitcher in baseball that is a significantly better hitter than me. That's right, Micah Owings handles the bat much better than me as displayed by a whopping .421 avg. as well as a 4-0 pitching record in Arizona. I would like to congratulate Micah on his impressive accomplishments which include a game-tying pinch hit home run in tonight's game. Again, I suck and he's great. I'm a waste of life and understand this is my last season in New York earning my absurd paycheck." There is nothing like honesty and at least Giambi has come to grips with his struggles. Come trade deadline time, it might be wise for Brian Cashman to pull the trigger on a Giambi-for-Owings swap and try the pitcher out at first base. The way things are looking for Giambi right now, he should be looking at his non-baseball options once his career is over and one could include a spot on the competitive eating circuit. Major League Eating (MLE) could use someone of Jason's size and weight and you know the big guy will put just about anything under the sun into his body.