Joba doesn't rule the eighth inning this time

All good things must come to an end. Joba Chamberlain gave up his first-ever runs at Yankee Stadium tonight, and the Yanks lost to Cleveland. There were no bugs this time against the Indians; just a three-run homer from David Dellucci. I was running an errand and listening to the part of the game in the car. I quickly rushed from the car to the house during that at-bat, but the homer happened just at the time I was going through the front door, so all I saw was Joba looking dejected afterwards. Anyhow, it was a bummer of a loss, especially considering how well Andy Pettitte pitched. Oh well. * * * In other news, Alex Rodriguez’s wife Cynthia admitted on the new YES series “YESterdays” that A-Rod had fainted when she was in labor with their first baby: “As tough and big as he seems, he is real wimpy around doctors or any type of medical situation,” Cynthia Rodriguez said. “I was, like, not even having a baby; he was the one. The one nurse had a ... (link)