Girardi defends Joba's exuberance

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Girardi defends Joba's exuberance
Corn Nation: Front Page Posts found this 5/14/2008 on mlb.mlb.com [flag]
On Friday, one day after reliever Joba Chamberlain celebrated a strikeout of the Indians' David Dellucci with a fist-pump and a shaking scream, Yankees manager Joe Girardi defended his pitcher, believing that the 22-year-old's exuberance is part of his makeup as a player and not intentionally done to irk other clubs. [link]

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Joba Taking Heat in the Bronx Zoo
Published 5/14/2008 by Husker Mike <info@cornnation.com> at Corn Nation: Front Page Posts
Former Husker pitcher Joba Chamberlain is taking quite a bit of heat in New York for showing his emotion.  The story began last week when Cleveland's David Dellucci hit a pinch-hit three-run homer to give Cleveland a 5-2 win over the Yankees.  It was Joba's first regular season blown save, and only the second of his major league career, with the other one being the infamous "bug" game against the same Cleveland Indians. Fast forward a couple of nights later, and Joba strikes out Dellucci to end the eighth inning.  Joba pumped his fist three times and yelled into the Yankee dugout...and Dellucci took offense. And of course, in the center ...

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Girardi puts the mask back on

dichalk posted 5/14/2008 from yankees.lhblogs.com

That Joe Girardi is one hands-on manager. As I write this from The Trop, he’s in the bullpen catching Andrew Brackman. Humberto Sanchez is warming up next. They had to put a screen behind Girardi because Brackman was all over the place. Bu that’s to be expected considering he’s coming off surgery.
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Can I Get a Fist Pump?

sooze posted 5/14/2008 from www.babeslovebaseball.com

Hall of Fame closer Goose Gossage apparently took issue with some of Joba Chamberlain's on-field antics during a Hall of Fame tour Monday, saying he felt there was "no place in the game" for things like fist-pumping after a strikeout.
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Goose ruffles jumpin' Joba, then offers rook some relief

Projo Sox Blog found this 5/14/2008 on www.nydailynews.com

Ever since David Dellucci questioned the propriety of Joba Chamberlain's celebratory ways last week, the topic has garnered more than its share of opinions. The latest to weigh in on the subject was Goose Gossage.
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Joba gets call from Goose

My Pinstripes found this 5/14/2008 on www.nj.com

NOTEBOOK ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Goose Gossage phoned reliever Joba Chamberlain yesterday to explain Monday's comments criticizing Chamberlain. Meanwhile, Girardi was questioned about his use of Chamberlain last night. Manager Joe Girardi met with ...
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Joba Chamberlain MLB Baseball at CBSSports.com

My Pinstripes found this 5/14/2008 on www.sportsline.com

Joba was actually the victim of some aggressive defense by Melky Cabrera in center field. Cabrera tried to track down a fly ball off the bat of Beltran in the gap in left center and dove to try to make the catch. When he didn't the ball rolled all ...
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