Joba Chamberlain's first start...

[HoustonGM]

YES, the Yankees network, is really making this out to be like some hugely momentous occasion.

They're broadcasting both the playing of Oh Canada and the National Anthem. They never show that on TV before games.

Jeez.

[RickD]

Go Yankees!

[BINGLEBOP]

I'd love to see Joba, Phil Hughes, and Ian Kennedy turn out to be the Yankees' version of Bill Pulsipher, Paul Wilson, and Jason Isringhausen (minus Izzy turning out to be a decent closer for awhile). Not because I dislike the Yankees, but because they're putting Joba Chamberlain on this pedestal before he's even had an entire season under his belt.

[MeetDaMets]

YES, the Yankees network, is really making this out to be like some hugely momentous occasion.

They're broadcasting both the playing of Oh Canada and the National Anthem. They never show that on TV before games.

Jeez.

and here i thought you might have something interesting to say about joba.

silly me.

[dickay]

Nice to see a walk, balk, passed ball, and then an infield dribbler scoring a run being called 'small ball'.

Man they are so intelligent the way they 'produce' those runs in Toronto.

[HoustonGM]

Nice to see a walk, balk, passed ball, and then an infield dribbler scoring a run being called 'small ball'.

Man they are so intelligent the way they 'produce' those runs in Toronto.

Lol...I heard that too and was like..."Uh...."

[gRYFYN1]

for those that missed the ESPN page2 article :

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...e=gallo/080603

[BINGLEBOP]

I hope the featured comment of "I'm blowing off attending the birth of my first child to watch Joba's first start. I can always have another child, but there will only be one Joba's first start" is playing along with the theme of that article.

[gosensgo101]

Well that was short lived. Two and a third innings, 62 pitches, only 32 of them strikes.

[HoustonGM]

Capitilizing on shoddy defense is "the ultimate smallball."

[RickD]

Well that was short and not really productive for the Yanks.

[koolzach1]

Well, Joba won't have many outings like that. He has shown good control pretty much every game he has pitched in. I expect the next outing to be much different.

[dickay]

Capitilizing on shoddy defense is "the ultimate smallball."

Talk about irony, the same day as we discuss 'small ball' the Yankee broadcasters completely confirm our point that 'small ball' is nothing but a creation by the media to describe a team that can't hit.

I heard the 'ultimate smallball' quote. Couple that with the 'small ball' the Blue Jays put on to induce the walk, balk, passed ball, and weak dribbler up the middle and I say..end of discussion.

What a joke.

[dickay]

Well, Joba won't have many outings like that. He has shown good control pretty much every game he has pitched in. I expect the next outing to be much different.

Cmon........you mean to tell me this guy is human?? All the **** I heard today, I thought NASA had created a new pitching machine that they called Joba which tops out at 148MPH and brings an unhittable 12-6-12 looping Looney Toon pitch that has never been seen before.

[koolzach1]

I think the Joba hype is warranted; I mean, considering that he has dominated ever since getting called up, throws a high 90's fast, still clocked in the mid-high 90's later in the innings, plus a low 90's slider, a very solid change, and a decent curve.

I mean, it WAS mostly ESPN that hyped Joba up... what do you expect? The E comes before the S.