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July 27, 2004
KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED
It's no secret that I hate the Yankees and everything they stand for. Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing the lot of them have hamstring and groin pulls all season long - and Steinbrenner is a candidate for permanent dysentery.However, all jokes are quickly shoved to the side when someone's life is potentially at stake.
Jason Giambi, the Yankee first baseman and former American League MVP, is undergoing tests to determine if he might have a potentially fatal condition caused by intestinal parasites. Only 33, Giambi has been suffering from weakness for months now, and no tests have revealed anything - he's tested negative for HIV and cancer.Today, this story broke:
Giambi's trainer, Bob Alejo, told the Newark Star-Ledger that the All-Star first baseman is being tested for a dangerous parasite called entamoeba histolytica.
According to Alejo's account in the newspaper, the parasite can cause a potentially fatal condition called amebiasis and can embed itself in the intestinal lining, making it undetectable except by very specific tests.
Here's hoping thatJason Giambi's doctors can find out what's wrong with him in a hurry, and that he gets well very soon.When he's wearing the pinstripes, he's the enemy -- but off the field he's a fellow human being, and I really will be keeping my fingers crossed for the guy. You should too.
