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The Futility Infielder found this 5/22/2008 on yankees.lhblogs.com [flag]

Joba Chamberlain is on his way to the rotation. And oh, by the way, the Yankees won a game. Mike Dougherty has the story. Derek Jeter was back in the lineup a day after getting hit on the hand. This notebook also has news on Chien-Ming Wang and A-Rod. ———— The Yankees had little choice but to come clean on their plans for Joba last night. Otherwise Joe Girardi ... [link]

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Cubs' Chances and Chamberlain's Change of Pace
Published 5/22/2008 by Jay (noreply@blogger.com) at The Futility Infielder
... for having anticipated this the last time I wrote about the pinstripes and talking about it during my two radio hits yesterday. In some quarters this may be spun as a panic move, a reaction to Hank Steinbrenner's recent outbursts, but this isn't Cashman's first rodeo. The math regarding Joba's innings pace suggests that this was the plan all along. Pete Abraham, who agreed with that assessment when I bounced it off him this past weekend, has a trio of good blog entries covering the angles related to this move. Go. The Hit List beast beckons... Labels: ...

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