"The Colorado Rockies signed former AL MVP Jason Giambi to a minor-league contract yesterday. The 38-year-old Giambi will report to Triple-A Colorado Springs, hoping for a September call-up to help the Rockies with their pennant push. Colorado went into last night's game against San Francisco with a three-game lead in the NL wild-card race. "He's a veteran guy that understands this point and time of the season, that's been there and done that," Rockies manager Jim Tracy said. Giambi was cut by Oakland earlier this month after hitting .193 with 11 home runs and 40 RBIs. Although he has played all 1,933 games of his career for AL teams, Giambi has a .274 batting average with 44 homers and 137 RBIs in 193 games against NL clubs in his 15-year career."