Clemens still dispensing advice, via text

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USA Today: Clemens still dispensing advice, via text
Published 5/28/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
USA Today: Clemens still dispensing advice, via text w8 4 hot B-12...ttyl Roger Clemens is out of baseball and involved in a steroids controversy, but he still has influence with the New York Yankees, the team he pitched for last season. Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain, who is making the transition from eighth-inning reliever to the rotation, says he is in touch with Clemens regularly. “We text back and forth and I ask him a lot of questions, because that’s how you get better,” Chamberlain said before the Yankees’ game in Baltimore Tuesday night. “You can’t be afraid to ask ...

Joba Chamberlain is in Roger Clemens' Fave Five
Published 5/28/2008 by JC at Stet Sports Blog
... To be filed in the "completely-odd-but-not-surprising" drawer, Joba "Fists of Fury" Chamberlain tells USA Today that he regularly texts national buffoon Roger Clemens for advice. ...

22/m/NY
Published 5/28/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
Roger Clemens' texts Joba Chamberlain on a regular basis: Roger Clemens is out of baseball and involved in a steroids controversy, but he still has influence with the New York Yankees, the team he pitched for last season. Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain, who is making the transition from eighth-inning reliever to the rotation, says he is in touch with Clemens regularly. "We text back and forth and I ask him a lot of questions, because that's how you get better," Chamberlain said before the Yankees' game in Baltimore Tuesday night. "You can't be ...

OMG Rog Thx 4 the Msg U R the Man TTYL XOXO Joba
Published 5/28/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
Filed under: New York, Yankees, AL EastAll the talk about stretching him out with longer appearances on regular amount of rest has made it seem like the only thing Joba Chamberlain needs to focus on during his shift to the rotation is his stamina. Not so. There's a lot more to it, which is why Chamberlain has been soliciting advice from a guy who made quite a few starts at the big league level. Chamberlain and Roger Clemens exchange text messages frequently and the erstwhile Rocket opens his vast vault of knowledge to help ...

Clemens Claims McNamee Inflicting Emotional Distress
Published 5/28/2008 by redsock (noreply@blogger.com) at The Joy of Sox
... lawsuit against an ex-trainer by accusing him in court papers Tuesday of intentionally inflicting Clemens with emotional distress. ... Joe Roden, a Clemens attorney who works with Rusty Hardin, said they added to the suit because "that's what McNamee has done, he has intentionally taken a shot at Roger Clemens. Every good lawyer will tell you, you bring every claim covered by the facts." ...Keep fightin', Rog! You're doin' great! *** Fat Billy is also texting pitching advice to Joba Chamberlain.

Joba Getting Rocket Texts
Published 5/28/2008 by Bronx Liaison (noreply@blogger.com) at Bronx Liaison
... Joba Chamberlain is getting text messages from Roger Clemens with advice on how to become a better major leaguer. No word on whether the texts contained a recipe for performance-enhancing-drugs. ...

The Rocket’s New Text Pest
Published 5/28/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
There’s no truth to the rumor the Yankees’ Joba Chamberlain was unavailable for last night’s 11-10, 10 inning loss to Baltimore because of texting blisters. But go ahead, start one anyway. From USA Today’s Mel Antonen : Joba Chamberlain, who is making the transition from eighth-inning reliever to the rotation, says he is in touch with Roger Clemens regularly. “We text back and forth and I ask him a lot of questions, because that’s how you get better,” Chamberlain said before the Yankees’ ...

Clemens Not Too Busy To Text Joba Some Advice
Published 5/28/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... Mel Antonen of USA TODAY gets the good word from Joba Chamberlain , as the Yankees hurler explains how he’s been in constant contact with the Rocket through the miracle of text messaging :“We text back and forth and I ask him a lot of questions, because that’s how you get better,” Chamberlain said before the Yankees’ game in Baltimore Tuesday night. “You can’t be afraid to ask questions. I ask him everything from workout questions to how to pitch to certain batters. I never thought I’d be texting Roger Clemens.” So, what kind of sage advice has Clemens bestowed upon young ...

Great Moments in Frivolity, Part II
Published 7/11/2008 by Craig Calcaterra at Baseball Analysts
... It is revealed that Roger Clemens routinely dispenses pitching advice to Joba Chamberlain via text message. While some express concern, cooler heads prevail when it's pointed out that Chamberlain is 22 years-old, and as such is much too old to hold Clemens' interest for long. ...