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The Curious Case of Joba Chamberlain

in 2007 when the Yankee community heard about this kid in the minor leagues who some dubbed better than Hughes?  
A kid who had a fierce mentality on the mound, whose fastball could hit triple digits, and with a slider that not even Joe Dimaggio could hit?  
His name is Joba Chamberlain, or as most people thought back in 2007, Joe-ba Chamberlain.  
Not very much was known about this young man. We were quickly notified that his name was indeed pronounced Jah-ba, and one can guarantee that the baseball world will never forget this young man’s name.
He was called up because the Yankees bullpen was in shambles. They were fatigued, under-performing, and they desperately needed someone to get the ball to Mariano Rivera. Kyle Farnsworth ...

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