 jeremy dean giambi (; born september 30, 1974) is a left-handed, former major league baseball player for the kansas city royals, oakland athletics, philadelphia phillies, and boston red sox. he also played in the minors for the los angeles dodgers and chicago white sox. he is the younger brother of baseball player jason giambi. ==early life== like his older brother jason, jeremy giambi attended south hills high school, sierra vista middle school in covina, california, and covina elementary school in covina, california. he attended cal state fullerton and was drafted by the kansas city royals in the 6th round of the  amateur draft. ==professional career== giambi started off his major league career playing for the kansas city royals, for whom he played for parts of two seasons. he was mentioned in michael lewis' book moneyball as one of the replacement players for his older brother, jason. despite his off field troubles, jeremy was looked at by billy beane because of his plate discipline, and was acquired by the a's prior to the 2000 season. later, he was traded to the philadelphia phillies in 2002. giambi was involved in what has become known as the "flip play" during the 2001 alds between the oakland a's and the new york yankees. with the a's leading the series 2 games to none and yankees clinging to a 1-0 lead, giambi attempted to score the tying run on a ball hit into the right field corner. with the relay throw veering into foul territory, giambi tried to score standing up; yankee shortstop derek jeter intercepted the throw and flipped it to catcher jorge posada, who was able to graze giambi's calf with a sweep tag before giambi could touch home plate. the yankees went on to win the game 1 - 0 and eventually won the series 3-2, before losing to the arizona diamondbacks in the 2001 world series. he last played in the majors in  for the red sox. after being released by the red sox, giambi signed minor league deals with the dodgers 
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