Sep 20, 2006 11:11 AM EST

Jason Giambi is quoted at length in an article about Rodriguez in this week's edition of Sports Illustrated, at one point telling Joe Torre that it was time to "stop coddling" Rodriguez and instead be straight with him about his struggles.

"It wasn't a situation where there was malice or anything," Giambi said. "It was just trying to find anything to help him out. . . . I don't want to make it sound like we were fighting or angry. By no means was it supposed to come off mean."

Via New York Daily News