Gold thong key to slump-busting?

Well, at least New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi thinks it works. While strange superstitions are nothing new in Major League Baseball, this one seems a bit out of, well, left field.

My question is this: You started this little trick in Oakland around the same time you and your teammates were 'roiding it up, right? Maybe there is some truth to steroids and their causation of smaller packages?

Then again, you're hitting .193 while your team is 20-23 with A-Rod finally coming back on Tuesday. I guess it can't hurt.

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