Posts Tagged ‘Joba Chamberlain’

Joba Hughes Post # 1,000,000!

Joba Hughes Post # 1,000,000!
I’m proud to announce that this is the one millionth post on the internet about Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes!  In honor of this occasion, we’re having ribs. But seriously… I do some driving throughout the day.  Not a lot.  I’m not a salesman or taxi driver.  But I spend...
March 12th, 2010 | Featured | Read More

Vazquez To The Yankees: Our Analysis

Vazquez To The Yankees: Our Analysis
Ian: When the Red Sox improved their rotation last week, acquiring the services of arguably the best starting pitcher on the free agent market in John Lackey, Yankee fans fretted.  Suddenly the Sox boasted a rotation brimming with three number-one starter types in Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, and Lackey. ...
December 22nd, 2009 | Articles, Columns, Featured | Read More

Pitching Options

Pitching Options
Now that the biggest fish in the pitching ocean has been signed (John Lackey), it is time for the Yankees to look at their own pitching depth to see if there is a move they should make for their own rotation.     I am of the belief that you should never overreact to what other teams do.  The Yankees...
December 19th, 2009 | Columns, Featured | Read More

Doc Halladay Back in the Mix

Doc Halladay Back in the Mix
ESPN’s Rumor Central highlights the latest news on Roy Halladay: At the just-concluded general managers meetings, Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos likely heard plenty of opinions on what to do with Roy Halladay. If the Jays decide to move Halladay, Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News says it...
November 12th, 2009 | Featured | Read More

Looking Ahead: 2010 Starting Pitchers

Looking Ahead: 2010 Starting Pitchers
We hear a lot nowadays about big market teams, middle market teams, little market teams…and of course, the Yankees.     There are a lot of things these franchises have in common; a lot of things they don’t have in common.   But one of the big things they do have in common is this: ...
November 7th, 2009 | Columns, Featured, The Bullpen | Read More

Wrapping Up the World Series

Wrapping Up the World Series
It had all the makings of high drama. Andy Pettitte, a homegrown pitcher, a man perennially on the verge of retirement, throwing on three days rest. Pedro Martinez, a relic from another era when the Yankees seemed like they could do no wrong. It felt like a game straight out of 1999, when the Yankees...
November 5th, 2009 | Featured | Read More

World Series Game 1 Thoughts

World Series Game 1 Thoughts
Random thoughts on a game that doesn’t need much explanation: ◊  Last night’s game pretty much begins and ends with Cliff Lee. Sure, Chase Utley deserves props for hitting not one but two home runs against fellow lefty CC Sabathia.  Lee was downright filthy.  Lee threw 122 pitches across...
October 29th, 2009 | Featured | Read More

ALCS Game 5 Thoughts

ALCS Game 5 Thoughts
Thoughts about the game while I try to stop my head from sadly shaking: ◊ Last night once again encapsulated AJ Burnett as a pitcher. Burnett came out in the bottom of the first and stunk up the joint, allowing four runs before an out was recorded.  A long flyout and double play later, AJ gets out...
October 23rd, 2009 | Featured | Read More

Micro Joe Girardi Strikes Again

Micro Joe Girardi Strikes Again
Tempting as it was, I resisted the urge to scrawl a profanity-laden diatribe against Micro Joe Girardi following last night’s 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles California Angels of Anaheim California.  My reasoning? One shouldn’t make rash decisions in the heat of battle. If only Micro Joe had...
October 20th, 2009 | Featured | Read More

ALDS Game One Thoughts

ALDS Game One Thoughts
Random thoughts after watching the Yankees win behind CC Sabathia, two years after losing to him and the Indians in the 2007 ALDS: •  Jorge Posada looked awful tonight.  Two passed balls, one of which may have been a cross-up that he flat out missed and a 1 for 4 game at the plate.  It’s not...
October 7th, 2009 | Articles, Columns, Featured | Read More

The Great Division Series Roster Debate

The Great Division Series Roster Debate
Yesterday, the soon-to-be-deposed Peter Abraham was riffing on the Yankees’ playoff roster possibilities. His look at the pitching staff possibilities shapes up like this: PITCHERS (10) LHP CC Sabathia RHP A.J. Burnett LHP Andy Pettitte RHP Mariano Rivera RHP Phil Hughes LHP Phil Coke RHP Alfredo Aceves RHP...
September 29th, 2009 | Articles, Columns, Featured | Read More

Could Ian Kennedy Contribute Now?

Could Ian Kennedy Contribute Now?
It’s not entirely implausible.  Chad Jennings had this to say about Kennedy’s start in the International League playoffs: Ian Kennedy could hardly have pitched any better. Making his first Triple-A start since April, he pitched three scoreless, hitless innings and struck out six, including...
September 18th, 2009 | Articles, Quick Hits | Read More

Newsflash: Joba Wants to Start

Newsflash: Joba Wants to Start
More NY Daily News, courtesy of Michael Obernauer: The Joba Rules these days confuse even Joba Chamberlain, who “totally wasn’t thinking” and thought he would get to pitch a fourth inning on Wednesday night against the Rays. But let there be no confusion about where Chamberlain believes...
September 11th, 2009 | Quick Hits | Read More

Joba Could Start Postseason in Bullpen

Joba Could Start Postseason in Bullpen
MLB.com has released their postseason schedule with an interesting wrinkle. The teams that finish the regular season with the best records in their respective leagues will gain two advantages come playoff time: They will have home field advantage in the Division and Championship Series They can pick...
September 9th, 2009 | Quick Hits | Read More

Should Joba and Hughes Switch Roles?

Should Joba and Hughes Switch Roles?
While most of us were grillin’ and chillin’ on Labor Day, Rob Neyer was laboring away: It might be too late. But I wonder if the Yankees should send Phil Hughes to their secret compound in Tampa and retrain him to throw six innings at a pop. Because lately the Yankees seem to have only three...
September 8th, 2009 | Featured | Read More
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