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The Sunday Links
Published 4/27/2008 by Peter Abraham at The LoHud Yankees Blog
The Yankees didn’t have Joba and fielded another funky lineup. The result was a loss against the Indians. Chien-Ming Wang will pitch in Cleveland today for the first time since the playoffs. He’s hoping for a better showing this time. This notebook also has word on Shelley Duncan coming and Billy Traber going. The Sunday Baseball Beat gets Jim Palmer’s breakdown on the young Yankee pitchers. ———— Yanks-Indians this afternoon. The Wanger vs. future teammate C.C. Sabathia.

Blame Girardi, not Ohlendorf
Published 4/27/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... pitch as a starter in the minor last year regarding the topic of Joba as a starter or reliever. The overwhelming response? Joba can be a dominant, No. 1 starter for the Yanks. Sherman writes, "I love when folks who have never eyewitnessed Chamberlain lift his arm as a starting pitcher explain whether he will succeed or not and why. So I figured I would do something silly like ask people who have seen Chamberlain start, but are not being paid by the Yankees." Along the same lines, Pete Abraham spoke with ...

Game 26. Yanks-Indians. Wang tries to get team back to .500, and I have a rant.
Published 4/27/2008 by Mike Sommer at The Sommer Frieze
Just a reminder: Yankee Fan Club Radio tonight was prerecorded on Thursday. It’ll return live next Sunday. Hope all went well in the wedding Ty was attending and involved in. Interesting words from Jim Palmer in this Pete Abraham article: http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080427/SPORTS01/804270344/1108/SPORTS01 I have to take issue with Abraham on one thing. Even he doesn’t know what a squeeze is or when to do it. He alibis for Jeter by stating that the ball was hit hard (which it was) and took ...

Jim Palmer Likes The Young Yankees Arms
Published 4/27/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
From Peter Abraham: "I like both of their arms," Palmer said. "I know people in New York are upset because they haven't pitched well so far. But you can't have it all. You can't be young and experienced. It's 162 games. You have to give these guys a chance to mature as pitchers and as people." Palmer offered a breakdown of the two pitchers: Hughes: "His fastball is his best pitch. He has a pretty good curveball, a good changeup and good command when he's pitching. I watched him pitch against Baltimore (last weekend), and he pitched well. He ...

Hey Ian, come down off your cloud
Published 5/2/2008 by Ed Valentine at Bugs & Cranks
... haven’t proven a damn thing — unless it is that you do seem to have a very big ego. Of course, I’m just a little ‘ole blogger and a hack left-handed pitcher who couldn’t throw enough strikes to pitch past the high school JV level. So, don’t take my word for it. But maybe you should listen to Jim Palmer. Ever heard of him? Pitched for the Baltimore Orioles. Won 268 games. Got elected to the Hall of Fame. Here is what he said about you recently — and he was being nice. ...