Joba called up!

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    It'll be nice to see if he can live up to the expectations. He has a really cool name though.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mynetsforlife)</div><div class='quotemain'>

    Have you seen videos of him?</p>

    God, he's rediculous.</p>


    7th Inning:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTrCuavY-BM

    8th Inning:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq6Wz25V3cg
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    I'm just worries hitters in the Majors can catch up to his fastball. </p>

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    When they do, that ball is going a long way. I think in the minors this year he has over 130Ks in less than 90 innings. They were some crazy numbers.</p>

    -Petey</p>
     
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    He's got a good slider too.</p>

    Can't wait for him to develope a third this offseason.</p>

    Imagine him working with Edwar, and him teaching Joba his change.</p>

    Sick, just sick.</p>

    Or Clemens showing him his split.</p>

    Or Rivera and the cut.</p>

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    Or all of them [​IMG]</p>
     
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    Joba has some nasty stuff.</p>

    87 mph slider.</p>

    Myers can't even throw a fastball that hard.</p>

    Struck 1st batter.</p>

    Walked a batter, gave up a bloop single.</p>

    Kid is nasty.</p>

    I think it's hard to pick up the speed as his motion is so compact. And it's not a large exaggerated windup.</p>

    -Petey</p>
     
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    Joba is a great story. Native american. His father was a single parent, but paralyzed on 1 side of his body, so caught with Joba as a kid w/ one hand.</p>

    So Joba wanted to get a signing bonus to buy his dad everything he wants.</p>

    -Petey</p>
     
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    Looks like a repeat in the 9th.</p>

    Strikes out the 1st batter.</p>

    2nd batter walks.</p>

    His slider is nasty, twice a batter has tried to pull back and had it called for a strike for going too far.</p>

    DP to end the game, Yankees win 9-2.</p>

    -Petey</p>
     
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    You took that all from the broadcast [​IMG]</p>

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    Seriously, his slider is nasty.</p>

    I'd worry more about that than his fastball.</p>

    Now he just needs to learn a low 80s straight change, and he'll be amazing.</p>

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    Santana ([​IMG]) - Wang (has 1/2 stuff, pitching 2nd) - Hughs(has 1/2 stuff, pitching 3rd)- Chamberlain (has 2 stuff, pitching 4th - Kennedy (has #3 stuff, pitching 5) </p>

    With an outfield of Tabata, Action Jackson, and Melky, we're set there too.</p>

    And if Eric Duncan ever pans out... </p>

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    Our farm is STACKED. </p>
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mynetsforlife)</div><div class='quotemain'>

    You took that all from the broadcast [​IMG]</p>

    Seriously, his slider is nasty.</p>

    I'd worry more about that than his fastball.</p>

    Now he just needs to learn a low 80s straight change, and he'll be amazing.</p>

    Santana ([​IMG]) - Wang (has 1/2 stuff, pitching 2nd) - Hughs(has 1/2 stuff, pitching 3rd)- Chamberlain (has 2 stuff, pitching 4th - Kennedy (has #3 stuff, pitching 5) </p>

    With an outfield of Tabata, Action Jackson, and Melky, we're set there too.</p>

    And if Eric Duncan ever pans out...</p>

    Our farm is STACKED. </p>

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    Joba has better stuff than Hughes. MLB hitters were looking overmatched. He was just wild.</p>

    -Petey</p>
     
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    Hughes has better command (that's saying something, Joba's got really good command)
     
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    First game at home, scoreless inning, 2 strikeouts.</p>

    Since being called out, 4 innings, 8 strikeouts, hasn't allowed a run.</p>

    -Petey</p>
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Petey)</div><div class='quotemain'>

    First game at home, scoreless inning, 2 strikeouts.</p>

    Since being called out, 4 innings, 8 strikeouts, hasn't allowed a run.</p>

    -Petey </p>

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    Isn't it 5?</p>

    Didn't he go 2I 2I then 1I?</p>

    Yup, just checked 5 innings.</p>

    8/2 K/BB rate. Damn</p>

    8 of his 20 outs have been via the K</p>

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    Damn! </p>
     
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    I was listening to radio couple days ago (weei), and they started talking about how the yankees are doing, and then they started talking about a young pitcher named joba chamberlain, and that they've heard good things about him. Immediately I said to myself, could this be same joba I had in class, lol. And just now I checked the wikipedia and yep it's him. I lived in lincoln, ne before (from 99 to end of 05) and the last year I went to UNL, and in the english class Joba sat to the left of me, haha, funny guy. we even did a project together, with four other guys for the class. we would make fun of him how big he was. </p>

    Now I can say I know a famous athlete. </p>
     
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    That's awesome.</p>

    How'd you not know he was a yankee?</p>

    He was the Ace of your STaff.</p>
     
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    Another inning, another 2Ks.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mynetsforlife)</div><div class='quotemain'>

    That's awesome.</p>

    How'd you not know he was a yankee?</p>

    He was the Ace of your STaff. </p>

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    Yea, haha, I didn't know, since I follow the redsox more, now that I live here in Mass.</p>

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    But just because of Joba, I'll have to root for the Yanks. [​IMG]</p>
     
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    He's such a beast.</p>

    Having that great of control with 100 mph fastballs, and a 90mph SLIDER with that kind of movement?</p>

    Rediculous.</p>
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mynetsforlife)</div><div class='quotemain'>

    He's such a beast.</p>

    Having that great of control with 100 mph fastballs, and a 90mph SLIDER with that kind of movement?</p>

    Rediculous. </p>

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    Apparently he has a curve and changeup, or according to the YES broadcast today.</p>

    Anyone see him throw one in a game situation yet?</p>

    -Petey</p>
     
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    He threw a curve today.</p>

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