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Blah Blah Blah Joba Chamberlain Blah Blah Blah
bugsandcranks.com - 6/4/2008
Blah Blah Blah Joba Chamberlain Blah Blah Blah
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Even though he last just 2 1/3 innings, his team got slaughtered and the Blue Jays are far and away the better team, all anyone is talking about this morning is Joba Chamberlain. BRUTAL!

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Babes Love Baseball:  Anti-Climactic is not the Word

I BLOG BECAUSE I CAN:  10 Things I Learned This Week

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Anti-Climactic is not the Word
Babes Love Baseball — ... first ball as a starting pitcher on Tuesday. Way to jinx the kid, Yanks fans. Lasting just 2.1 innings and 62 pitches, the 22-year-old righty walked four and surrendered a couple runs before watching the bullpen implode while his team took a 9-3 beat-down from the Toronto Blue Jays. "I get in trouble when I think too much," he said. "It’s something that I pride myself on – not thinking too much."Snicker. [FOX Sports] | [Bugs & Cranks] | [Baseball Musings]

10 Things I Learned This Week
I BLOG BECAUSE I CAN — ... some of my cookhouse colleagues who chose to unload their frustrations and frazzled minds on me during my shift last night. I don't care how rattled you are or whether you didn't want to serve people on the patio. If you're mad, talk to the manager, not me. I could care less. 4. Writing, Writing and More Writing I've cranked out a lot of material over the last seven days: a full slate of posts here, an Epic piece that'll be posted tomorrow, five different Blue Jays articles and my initial assignment for Trot Magazine. That's fourteen pieces over ...

2 AM and I'm Wide Awake
I BLOG BECAUSE I CAN — ... iBlog post was in order. Life has me awake at 2 AM on a Monday morning, one where I will be up at 5:30 with Sarah and out the door an hour later with Luke in tow. Right now, all I can do with my life is sit and wait. Those of you who frequent the site know all about my inability to grasp the virtue of patience. I'm dying to see the Bugs & Cranks stats for June, knowing that my SI linkage for The Thieving Bastards along with some solid numbers from various other pieces has me in a good position to make some coin for the first time in a long time. ...

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sports.yahoo.com 6/4/2008 — Joba Chamberlain struggled with his control, walked off the mound in the third inning and threw his glove in the dugout. His first major league start was a memorable one, all right. Just not for the reasons he'd hoped. Chamberlain lasted just 2 ...
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As a reliever, Joba was a known quantity. His efficiency as a starter? Who knows? That's why Ian O'Connor says this is a mistake.
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