Joba Chamberlain will keep same job

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Baseball Today: Tuesday, May 6
Published 5/6/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... JOBA RULES: The Yankees may be prowling for starting pitching, but Joba Chamberlain is staying in the bullpen. (New York Daily News) ...

Patience in order tonight
Published 5/6/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... likely to plug a hole in the major league rotation despite his recent success in Scranton. He notes the Yanks may next turn to Scranton's Steven White or Trenton's Dan McCutchen if they need further help. Sherman also mentions the recently-promoted-to-Triple-A David Robertson as someone to watch. We can see Robertson coming up and giving the pen a midseason shot in the arm if needed. Whatever happens with the starting rotation, Joba isn't becoming a starter anytime soon, according to the ...

Bronx Banter: Yankee Panky #49: What's Goin' On?
Published 5/7/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... provides insight on the Hughes-Kennedy demotions as only he can. OFF-DAY RECAP Off-days are fun to devour as much information as possible from as many different outlets. You can tell which papers, TV and radio types are on the pulse of things and are dedicated to providing the most information possible. The Times had only one Yankees story, on Cano, while the Daily News had not only the continuing saga of Roger Clemens, but a great bit from former beat man Anthony McCarron on how the Yankees could approach transitioning Joba Chamberlain to the starting rotation. After ...