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Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jun 19, 2009 
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The Yankees were shut down by a rookie Nationals pitcher. Ernie Palladino has the grim details.
Brett Gardner gave his all. This notebook also has updates on a long delay, Derek Jeter and Joba Chamberlain.
Joe Girardi is headed back to Florida where he was once manager.
Kay broke out in a froth last night saying it’s the umpires’ call to play, not the Yankees, because it was the last game between the teams. Now I see a quote from the ump who says the crew had no say and the rule book puts the responsibility on the home team.
since joba is getting into his inner livan hernandez making an early transition in his career from a high 90′s fastball to a low 90′s fastball, i thought i’d take a look and see how he compares with livan.
livan won loss 5-1
joba won loss 3-2
livan goes 6.09 innings per start.
joba goes 5.31 innings per start.
livan whip = 1.39
joba whip =1.44
livan era 4.19
joba era 3.89
i’m really impressed with how quickly joba is getting a hold of his inner livan.
it took a decade for hernandez himself to slow down his fastball to a thinking man’s level.
joba is doing it at a precocious age 23.
to shave so many mph off his fast ball at such a young age shows an unheard of maturity.
livan can not shake off catchers nearly as well as joba though because being so old it hurts his neck.
joba got the idea for shaking off so may pitches by one day seeing the new joba bobblehead doll that was just out.
joba figured if his catcher had no idea what he was going to throw , how would the hitter.
rarely is such genius seen so early in a career.
so my conclusion is joba is already almost as good as livan and in no time especially with his bobblehead move will soon past livan in being an old thinking man’s pitcher at a very ypung age.
randy l -
If there is nothing physically preventing Joba from throwing faster (and that’s a big IF), could it be he’s gun-shy as a result of last year’s injury?
Pete- all this can’t help me from wondering about Mr. Steinbrenner’s health. Any word on him? I sure do miss the days when things like going 0-8 against Boston or a star-studded lineup being shut down by AAA pitchers on a consistent basis would elicit a HUGE response in the papers from the ownership. Ten years ago, Dave Eiland and Kevin Long would have been out by now and Girardi would have been on notice. Who are these guys accountable nowadays? It seems a bit cloudy at the top…