A sign of greatness

Brief

Jason Giambi, the 36th winner of the Hutch Award, signs posters for patients and family members of patients at the Hutch School Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Gordon Todd

Giambi, 29, received the 2000 Hutch Award at last night's Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sports Star of the Year Awards Banquet at the Seattle Sheraton.

Giambi also spoke at yesterday's third annual Hutch Award luncheon, a fund-raiser for the Center held for the first time at the Safeco Field.

The Hutch Award annually honors a player who exemplifies the character and performance of the Center's namesake, Fred Hutchinson, who as a pitcher won 95 games for the Detroit Tigers and as a manager led the Cincinnati Reds to the 1961 World Series.

Giambi was the American League's most valuable player in 2000, batting .333, with 43 homers and 137 RBI. The 6-3, 235-lb. Oakland A's first-baseman also donated time and money to many off-field causes, including Operation Gumby, which deals with the tough issue of bed-wetting, and CaP Cure, which fights prostate cancer.

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