Jason Giambi was still wearing a Yankees uniform last night, he was still their designated hitter and he was still immersed in a maelstrom about what he might or might not have put into his muscular body to help him as a player.

But after Giambi met with representatives from the commissioner’s office yesterday in New York to discuss his tacit admission of steroid use in a USA Today article last week, he seemed a bit relieved. Giambi emphasized how he agreed to the meeting and how he hoped his cooperation would produce a positive outcome.

“I was willing to go in there and talk to them, and hopefully good things will come out of it,” he said. “But I don’t know. We’re waiting for a response.”

It remained unclear if the commissioner’s office would attempt to punish Giambi for his remarks, which were…
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