Yanks' Chamberlain impressive against Blue Jays

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Another Week of Spring Training Notes
Published 3/21/2008 by Mike at Green Pinstripes
... would start the season in the bullpen.  Before Spring Training, the Yanks were flirting with the idea of starting Chamberlain in the pen and then moving him into the rotation later in the season.  I wasn't in love with that course of action and think the Yankees should commit to either one role or the other, but I'm not in charge.  At this point, Joba best serves the team as a setup man to Mariano Rivera.  Need proof?  He made his first relief appearance Thursday against Toronto and needed just 11 pitches to strike out the side in a 1-2-3 seventh. ...

Joba's home
Published 3/21/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... a reliever than a starter . . . Joba himself admitted he was more aggressive yesterday than he had been as a starter. It's not a conscious thing, he said. Just that as a starter, it's in the back of your mind you want to go deep in the game. So maybe you won't give your early inning fastball everything you've got. Yes, Joba beat up on minor league hitters yesterday, but even Ian Kennedy said that Joba looked like his old self yesterday in his one inning of dominance. It took just 11 pitches for him to strike out the side , and we think we speak for all the ...

Another Week of Spring Training Notes
Published 3/21/2008 by Mike at Spring Training '08
... would start the season in the bullpen.  Before Spring Training, the Yanks were flirting with the idea of starting Chamberlain in the pen and then moving him into the rotation later in the season.  I wasn't in love with that course of action and think the Yankees should commit to either one role or the other, but I'm not in charge.  At this point, Joba best serves the team as a setup man to Mariano Rivera.  Need proof?  He made his first relief appearance Thursday against Toronto and needed just 11 pitches to strike out the side in a 1-2-3 seventh. ...