June 3, 2008
Seriously, is the development of Joba Chamberlain a national event? Do his job duties need to be addressed every week on ESPN and Baseball Tonight? How many other teams are there in the Major Leagues that have a pitcher just like Joba going through the same situation?
This is exactly what is wrong with ESPN. They act like Boston and New York are the only cities that anyone should care about. And then it snowballs from there. Lets talk about some other teams and young pitching prospects.
The Yankees suck this year. They are a half game back from being the worst team in their division. There’s 16 teams with a better record than them. Yet, all we hear is “Joba should be starting,” “Joba should be closing,” “Joba needs to settle down with his emotions,” and “Joba sucks a mean c*ck.” The latter not so much, but the three former all the freak’n time, every single week. Gimmie a break.
My request to the readers (because Micah and I know nothing about baseball) is informing us about other Joba-like pitchers out there. I doubt he is the only one worth hearing about every single day. Maybe he is the only one. Maybe I’m wrong about this. Maybe every sports fan should know Joba’s daily activities. Maybe Joba should do a daily blog about himself so we can really get tuned in. I mean, does Joba like to eat Honey Smacks? Is he allergic to anything? Has he ever had his heart broken? And if yes, can we find who she was and pee on her? Was it a him? I now think I need to know about all of these questions?
Actually, I don’t. Suck it Joba. Suck it ESPN. Suck it New York Yankees. Nobody cares about your Joba problem.
UPDATE: One of our loyal readers, the Sports Idiot, has informed us he keeps his readers up-to-date on pitchers-not-named Joba on his site. Check it out here.



You can read about several of them on my blog?
I forgot to mention that I agree completely. I’m so sick of hearing about the Yanks it’s incredible. Please get them off of my TV already. Not only do they stink, but there are much better, more interesting baseball teams to watch play.
How many comments can I make in a row you ask? Looks like three.
He is the only one at the moment. Justin Duscherer would be the most recent comparable but he does not have the same talent or prospect status. Max Scherzer but he has been pitching as a starter, now currently in relief, soon to take UNIT’s spot once he makes his annual trip to the DL. Paplebon is the most obvious comparison…
If you want to go back a bit further – Johan Santana and Liriano too…I love lamp?
Where are all of the ESPN calls for Max Scherzer getting back in the starting rotation? It’s a very similar situation, except that ESPN doesn’t care to talk about the Diamondbacks.
Chase Utley is the greatest of all great people?
Can we get an update on Joba’s first start? Any insight into his favorite cereal?