In either event, for Giambi and Oakland general manager Billy Beane to be arguing over a clause that in a practical matter is no more enforceable than a law overturning the law of gravity. We thought you'd never ask. Let's move ahead to, say, 2004. The A's want to deal Giambi. No, not the way things work now.
Money is exchanged, a deal is done.
Happy happy, joy joy. Or try this. Giambi suddenly gets the urge to be an Albuquerque Expo or Salt Lake City Twin. The team gets angry. He gets angrier.