Goose ruffles jumpin' Joba, then offers rook some relief

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Baseball Today: Wednesday, May 14
Published 5/14/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... THE ILLS OF SOCIETY: Goose Gossage is beginning to town down his criticisms of Joba Chamberlain, saying Joba's showboating antics aren't really his fault because "no one is passing the torch today (to the rookies)." (New York Daily News) ...

No use fighting it; Rays better than Yanks right now
Published 5/14/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... season, and theoretically the numbers even out after a full schedule -- so patience is the game. Going back a few weeks, it's true -- the owner's speaking out may have -- may have -- nominally helped Mikek Mussina to wake up -- but it's less likely that "lighting a fire" under the team will help batters hit a 95-mph fastball. We're so sick of Hank right now -- at least Pete Abraham took a nice crack at Hank today which gave us a chuckle. Goose, man, chill out a little. No need to hound Joba (though at least Joba is taking the criticism quite well ). ...