Meet the New Joe, Same as the Old Joe?

I can't say I have really good feelings about Giardi's reign so far, and it has nothing to do with their mediocre record. He looks an awful lot like Torre in his reliance on long-ball instead of small ball. They are not running all that much and there still seems to be too little respect for contact hitting. How else does one explain the continued play of Giambi, who in addition to his mediocre glove and lack of arm strength, cannot make contact at crucial moments against any pitcher not named Timlin. He continues doggedly to pull the ball into a shift that smothers his chances for getting on base. If giardi is going to insist on playing his G-buddy despite the 125 BA, then he should at least make him bunt, half-bunt and push the left side until teams pull the shift off. Of course once on base Giambi cannot move around them with any celerity and combines with Posada and Matsui to make the middle of the line-up a station to station nightmare. ensberg, i n case noone has noticed, is hitting the ball for average quite smartly, runs better than Giambi, fields better than Giambi, oh what the hell, is better than Giambi.