Stunning night at the Stadium

River Ave. Blues found this 5/7/2008 on yankees.lhblogs.com [flag]

The odds of Joba Chamberlain finishing his career with an ERA of 0.74 and no blown saves were pretty slim. But tonight’s result was certainly stunning. Consider these stats: * He had given up three earned runs in his career (36.1 innings) previously. * The last time he walked two batters in an inning was in his debut last August when he was trying to throw the ball through a brick ... [link]

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The lenses of a heart-breaking loss
Published 5/7/2008 by Ben K. at River Ave. Blues
... Instead tonight, we can look at the game one of two ways. The first way is the “c’est la vie” approach to baseball. Joba’s giving up a game-changing home run was bound to happen sooner or later, and as Peter Abraham wrote, the kid’s been fantastic so far That bad night just so happened to be tonight. That home run doesn’t diminish his accomplishments so far, and he’s still one hell of a pitcher. ...

Baseball Today: Wednesday, May 7
Published 5/7/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... . The reaction at Yankee Stadium was inevitable: Some of the fans actually booed Chamberlain, for which they were taken to task by Peter Abraham. (LoHud Yankees Blog) ...

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