"The Jason Giambi that played for the A's this season is not the one that Nomar Garciaparra will remember. "He could change a game," Garciaparra said on Friday after Giambi was unconditionally released by the A's in his second stint with the franchise. "He wasn't afraid to be the guy that took it all on his shoulders." But Giambi struggled this season as he returned to the franchise for which he starred from 1995-2001. He hit just .193 with 11 homers in 83 games and found himself on the disabled list in July. "We're at a point where we have a couple of first basemen, younger guys that we'd like to play," manager Bob Geren said, mentioning Tommy Everidge and Daric Barton, who is also on the disabled list. "And it gives [Giambi] a chance to go somewhere else and play for somebody else. He did a lot for our team both this year and in the past.""