Harper: Joba everything Hank wanted

SOX & Dawgs found this 7/26/2008 on www.nydailynews.com [flag]

So here it was, the matchup that Hank Steinbrenner wanted from the day he was talked out of trading for Johan Santana. Boss Hank would tell anyone who would listen that Joba Chamberlain would be the Yankees' Josh Beckett. [link]

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Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 7/26
Published 7/26/2008 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
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