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Joba is Least Bothered About His Role

February 25th, 2008

Joba Chamberlain, the most prized right handed player of New York Yankees is ready to pitch the balls, whether he is a starter or reliever. He announced during his batting practice for the spring that it won’t make any difference to him where he is positioned as the pitching staff of the Yankees. He ended his last year season as a rookie and will begin this year’s season in the bullpen and is expected to join the rotation later. Joba, who is only 22 years of age, became fans favorite player at the Yankee stadium in the last season. He was welcomed with loud applause for his pitching session this spring.

Last year he missed his play in the first month of the season because of a hamstring injury and played only 18 minor league matches before joining the Yankees. In his training session he threw 27 pitches and the Senior Vice president Stein Brenner was satisfied with Joba’s performance. The New Yankees manager also expressed his satisfaction about Joba’s pitching by saying “it is just explosive stuff”. With the amount of hard work Joba Chamberlain has put in for his improvement this year, he is expecting a great and satisfying career this year.

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