BOMBERS PLAN TO AMEND JOBA RULES

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Red Sox/Yankees News & Notes - 8/30
Published 8/30/2007 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... BOMBERS PLAN TO AMEND JOBA RULES [NY Post] ...

Rules are made to be broken?
Published 8/30/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Rules are made to be broken? Answering my own questions from yesterday s Joba thread, I found nothing that sounded like Torre complaining about the rules. I did find this on Tyler Kepner s blog back on August 19. “I’m really not of a mind to bend them, because I don’t disagree with them,” he said. “Knowing that the plans are right now that he’s not going to be a reliever, he’s going to be a starter, and the most important thing is his well-being. Whether that’s overly cautious, if that’s the way it is, that’s the way it is. When you know going in, it’s not a guessing game.” And as for Ian Kennedy not being called up, that Torre comment was an answer to a general question about September callups came the day before Mussina got bombed. [Ian] Kennedy won t be one of them, I don t think, Torre said. So it looks like maybe Joe s knees are safe for now.

Baseball Today: Thursday, August 30
Published 8/30/2007 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... -- a two-run eighth inning that nearly cost them the game -- the Yankees will amend the Joba Rules to allow Joba Chamberlain to pitch more often. (Both stories New York Post) ...

How quickly things change
Published 8/30/2007 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . We're not buyin' it. Farnsworth is not a good setup guy. End of story. That's why it's great news the Yanks are about to amend the "Joba rules." Joba will likely be on a more flexible schedule, depending on the number of pitches he throws. By the way, quick side note: ...

BOMBERS PLAN TO AMEND JOBA RULES | By GEORGE KING | New York Yankees
Published 8/30/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
BOMBERS PLAN TO AMEND JOBA RULES | By GEORGE KING | New York Yankees Starting next week Joba will be forced to take a day off every other day, unless the day is Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday. It may happen next week or so with more information and conversation, Torre told The Post during batting practice last night at the Stadium, where the Yankees beat the Red Sox, 4-3, despite Farnsworth giving up a two-run homer in the eighth.

Joba Rules To Be Changed?
Published 8/30/2007 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
... George King thinks this will happen soon. It makes sense - pitch count is more important than innings pitched. Plus, if the Yankees make the ALDS, you know there's a chance that Joba will be needed in back-to-back days. Better to get him used to it now. ...

What Is Joba Chamberlain's Value?
Published 8/30/2007 at FakeTeams
This morning's New York Post reports that discussions are under way to change the Joba Rules to allow Yankees manager Joe Torre the flexibility to use Joba Chamberlain more frequently.  Previously, Torre was constrained from using Joba on back-to-back days if he pitched one inning and had to rest him for the same number of days as innings that Joba pitched. ...

The Joba Rules
Published 8/30/2007 by The Feed at The Feed
... After Kyle Farnsworth nearly blew last night's game against the Red Sox it came as no surprise that there was a call to abandon the Joba rules and take the reins off the kid. The New York Post's George King reports today that Torre has shown interest in using Chamberlain based on pitch counts as opposed to innings pitched. On the surface it makes sense, not all innings are created equal, but as ...

Conflict over the Joba Rules
Published 9/24/2007 by Adam J. Morris <info@lonestarball.com> at Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
... Posted on Mon Sep 24, 2007 at 11:21:39 AM EDT As you may know, Brian Cashman has implemented the Joba Rules with the Yankees, a specific set of guidelines for Joe Torre as to how he is to use pitching phenom Joba Chamberlain, who has been pitching out of the pen for the Yankees since against. Given Chamberlain's youth and Torre's history of overusing his bullpen, this is a pretty defensible move on Cashman's part, to ensure that a guy whom Cashman expects to be real good for a long time isn't damaged in the short run. Well, not surprisingly, ...