Joba heads home with father in critical condition, will miss at least three games <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>NEW YORK -- Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain has left the team after his father collapsed at his home in Lincoln, Neb. Harlan Chamberlain was hospitalized Monday at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln. Hospital spokeswoman Jo Miller said the family requested that no further information be released. He was in critical condition, according to a nursing supervisor. The New York Daily News first reported the story Monday on its Web site. Joba Chamberlain will miss at least the next three games since the Yankees put him on the major league bereavement list. New York plays Monday and Tuesday in Tampa against the Rays and then hosts the Red Sox on Wednesday and Thursday in the Bronx. Pitcher Jonathan Albaladejo was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to take Joba Chamberlain's place on the Yankees roster. Joba Chamberlain's sister called the Yankees during the eighth inning of New York's 8-5 loss at Boston on Sunday night. The newspaper said the reliever spoke with his sister after the game and broke into tears, and manager Joe Girardi tried to console him. Harlan Chamberlain had polio when he was 9 months old and uses a motorized scooter. He is deaf in one ear and without full use of his left arm. Harlan Chamberlain raised Joba as a single dad. He attended New York's season opener earlier this month, and was at last week's series in Kansas City.</div> I'm praying he gets better. My grandfather was at the same rehabilitation center (St. Elizabeth) about 8 years ago when he had heart problems. (I had a same class with Joba at UNL for those that don't know lol)
