It’s Joba being Joba (and that’s OK)

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Will Mike and the Mad Dog Please Shut Up
Published 5/8/2008 by Greg Cohen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
... having the towel over his head and pulling his hair out on Tuesday after he gave up that HR to Dellucci, saying he should just “stare out on the field.” Are these two guys serious? Have they even played a sport in their lives? Don't they understand how emotional sports can get? You would hope that with several decades working in the industry, they would understand these things by now. Like I said, I don't listen to them, so I didn't hear what they had to say today, but Peter Abraham posting about it, and bravo to him for defending Joba. Here is some of what ...

Joba upsets Mike and the Mad Dog
Published 5/9/2008 by anaconda at Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts
... So I happened to catch about 15 minutes of Mike and the Mad Dog this afternoon following the Yanks' game and quickly realized exactly why I can't stand listening to them. For whatever reason, Mike Francesa and Chris Russo have destroyed millions of their listeners' brain cells by spending extensive time on the topic of Joba Chamerberlain's "immaturity" because of his emotions on the mound as well as in the dugout after a rough outing. Pete Abe has a synopsis of their program from this afternoon: Joba should never pump his fist when ...

Here We Go Again: the Joba fist pump edition
Published 5/9/2008 by Ben K. at River Ave. Blues
... Peter Abraham took that defense even farther and railed into Mike and the Mad Dog. Joba’s a young and exciting player. He wears his emotion on his sleeve, and that’s a-ok. Mike and the Mad Dog — and Dave Dellucci — are promoting some ridiculous ideal. Players can be exciting when they succeed if, yes, it’s only May and even if, yes, Dellucci’s home run had a bigger impact on the game (which is an obnoxious comment to make in its own right). And if anyone doesn’t think emotion comes into play, ...

Baseball Today: Friday, May 9
Published 5/9/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... and noted, "My home run (off Chamberlain) was in a much bigger situation, more a key part of the game and I didn't dance around and scream." (New York Daily News) Chamberlain, of course, insisted he meant no disrespect, and Peter Abraham came to his defense: "Joba is a good kid and he acts the same way in the clubhouse as he does on the field. He’s brash, loud, confident and it’s genuine. He’s not acting on the mound; the emotion is who he is. Take that away and he’s not in the majors" (LoHud Yankees Blog) ...

Dellucci To Joba : Striking Me Out Isn’t That Big A Deal
Published 5/9/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... After hearing Francesca and Russo tear into Chamberlain for these alleged violations of baseball etiquette, the Journal News’ Peter Abraham responded thusly : ...