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When I played baseball I stunk too badly to understand superstitions, but I still understand that baseball players are an especially superstitious. I could understand changing your diet, or maybe wearing the same clothes to the game, not changing or cleaning a lucky pair of socks — you get the picture.

But gold thongs? That may be wear I draw the line, a line Jason Giambi doesn’t quite see.

The New York Yankees’ first baseman caused a bit of a stir Saturday when the Daily News reported — on the front page, no less — that he often wears a gold thong under his uniform pants when trying to snap out of a slump.

There’s something that was missing from the Mitchell Report.