Cashman Denies Giambi Anecdote

I don't know if you know about this, I sure didn't, but there is a story about Brian Cashman and Jason Giambi in a soon to be released book about Roger Clemens. The book is called, “The Rocket That Fell to Earth,” and it's written by Jeff Pearlman. Here's more from the New York Time:The book said that when Giambi went through a slump in the 2002 season, his first with the Yankees, Cashman was heard yelling at a television in the Yankees’ clubhouse during a game. Citing “one New York player,” the book said that Cashman screamed, “Jason, whatever you were taking in Oakland,” get back on it.The book said that Cashman then added, “Please!”As one might expect, Cashman denied the story: “That is completely false,” Cashman said. He added, in reference to the author: “This guy never even called me and asked me if it was true. You think he would have done some fact-checking.” But Pearlman stands behind his account of the story: “The source was a Yankee player who wa...