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CLEVELAND - Because the Yankees told Joba Chamberlain to stay off his feet during batting practice yesterday, it was likely the set up man wasn't available for last night's 6-4 loss to the Indians in which the need for him didn't surface. "He... [link]

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Pettitte runs out of gas
Published 4/26/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... reliever that they seem to be ignoring. Girardi is quoted , "We feel that Ohlendorf can give us 50-60 pitches, Albaladejo can give you 50 pitches and Britton can give you 40-50. In a sense, we feel that we've been covered every night." Guess the team views Ohlendorf as a long reliever, but we'd beg to differ on whether Ohlendorf even deserves a spot on the team. In all but one of his six outings of two or more innings, Ohlendorf has given up at least one earned run. According to the Post , Joba was going to receive a day off yesterday whether the Yanks ...

Baseball's MASH Unit
Published 4/27/2008 by edwzipper at Sports Frog
... • Because the Yankees told Joba Chamberlain to stay off his feet during batting practice yesterday, it was likely the set up man wasn't available for last night's 6-4 loss to the Indians in which the need for him didn't surface. ...

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