Joba Chamberlain entered last night’s game against the Royals with a slim lead and the 9-1-2 hitters coming up. I did what I do these days when he comes into a game and half covered my face so that I could avoid watching if we happened to get the godawful version of Joba on the [...]
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Current Yankees Starting Pitching Depth Chart
I just wanted to put this out here because it’s rather frightening: CC Sabathia AJ Burnett Andy Pettitte Javier Vazquez Phil Hughes Sergio Mitre o_O Your guess is as good as mine but mostly people you really don’t want to think about. If Mitre is in the pen as the long-man, that puts him at [...]
Life, The Rotation, And Everything
The All-Star break is usually denoted as the halfway point of the season, and so what better time to look at how the rotation is doing. You’ll notice there are only four starters, and that is because at the minute the Yankees only have four starters. Chien-Ming Wang is injured and presumed dead, Alfredo Aceves [...]
The Only Important Highlight
First this happened: And then we all did this: PS — Joba Chamberlain should not be in the bullpen.
Spring Training – Yankees Versus Twins
My first game watching on an actual TV! It’s also Joba Chamberlain’s first start of the Spring. Here are my notes: Joba is only going one inning today, Spring Training is long this year because of the World Baseball Classic so the starting five are probably going to get a break for a while. Minor [...]
The “Argument” That Won’t Die
I’m not sure what exactly it is with the brains of sports writers that has absoluetly convinced them that Joba Chamberlain needs to be in the bullpen but it won’t die and it bothers me a lot. Here’s today’s take on it, Kevin Kernan of the NY Post: Now that Andy Pettitte is signed, sealed [...]
CC Says Something Bizarre
Found this quote stashed away in a Sports Illustrated article about CC being ready to pitch in New York (aka off-season fluff): Before Saturday night’s ceremony, he said he’s looking forward to having Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera there to close out games for him, and he’s already talked to Chamberlain about it. Wait, what? [...]
Things Not Worth Talking About For Very Long
1) Should Joba Chamberlain be in the bullpen?. No he shouldn’t, he should be starting games so he can have performances like these a lot: vs Red Sox, Padres, Blue Jays. The curve to stikeout Ellsbury is my favorite. 2) A salary cap. If you used the same calculation as the NFL does for a [...]
2009 Reflection Part 2: The Good Stuff
Joba Chamberlain Is Pretty Good – Everyone knew Joba was good coming out of the bullpen, which of course led to a lot of stupid arguments saying he should stay there. Well guess what, he was pretty damn good starting games too (which was not really a surprise). His twelve starts were varied but they [...]
Now That Is Some Horrible Pitching
Sometimes, I think this team’s Front Office just gave up after Chien-Ming Wang got hurt. While I agree with the decision to keep Phil Hughes on AAA working everything out, you can’t keep both Darrell Rasner and Sidney Ponson in the rotation as long as they have been and expect to win enough games to [...]
