Yes it is true, Joba Chamberlin cost the Yankees a win last night against Cleveland. Is time to panic? Give me a break. Anyone who seriously thinks that this wasn't bound to happen sooner or later, or that Chamberlin has lost it clearly doesn't have thier head screwed on tight. No pitcher can win all the time and EVERY pitcher gives up home runs now and then. The only difference in Joba's situation is that it hasn't happened to him much.....yet. Not to mention the even more intense spotlight he is under thanks to the the struggles of the other two youngsters. I'm just glad it happened before Joba's inevitable move into the starting rotation. If this had happened with Joba as a starter people would be heading for bomb shelters right now equating it with a sure sign of Armageddon. It isn't, so put away the "Repent" signs, the end is not near, this is just baseball....it happens.
Speaking of youngsters Ian Kennedy had a good start in AAA Scranton last night going 7 innings, giving up one hit, and striking out 8. He even had a no hitter going into the 5th inning. That's good to see because clearly it means that Kennedy still has his stuff, he just needs to work on being under the spotlight. I'm also glad that he is committed to getting called back up and he isn't just hanging his head wallowing is self pity. Still, it remains to be seen if he can ever be a true ace. Most scouts put him as a four or five starter at his best. After what we have seen so far that seems to be holding true but hey, you never know. Kennedy may not throw high heat, but if he could develop a good knuckleball* he could be right back on top.
*It amazes me that there are so few guys throwing knuckleballs
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5 comments:
I obviously only know of one pitcher that uses a knuckleball and it sometimes seems like more of a bad thing than a good one.
Maybe it's because he has no other pitchers in his tool kit?
But you really have to be on the money with that pitch in order for it to be effective... maybe that's why more pitchers don't have it.
There are a few other than that certain one who I won't name, but yes you do have to be spot on however I think that goes with any pitch. I watched a story on ESPN recently about how hard it is to actually hit a knuckleball (and to catch) so based on that alone it seems like something valuable. I guess I am not calling for 50 new knuckleballers, just maybe five to ten.
I only remember the one knuckleball that Aaron Boone dispatched into the sky to end Game 7 ALCS.
Geez guys, why all the hate for Wake? Dude's pitching as good as ever into his 40s. Check out his career stats. His ERA has been better than the league average in 12 of his 16 seasons in the bigs -- the last time it was worse than league average was 8 years ago.
Everyone remembers the Boone HR, but he is far from a goat -- they threw him in there because they had nobody else left; he had already started two games in the series at that point and won both of them, compiling a 2.57 ERA and striking out 10 over 14 innings.
To boot, you are dispensing all of this hate after last night's killer performance (8 innings, 2 hits, no walks, no runs, 6 strikeouts) against one of the best offenses in baseball?! I'd hate to see what you'd say about him after a loss!
I don't have the kind of hatred for Wakefield that I do for Schilling, my disdain is geared towards the Boston franchise. I will say that traditionally knuckleballers have been able to last longer because the pitch doesn't put as much strain on the body, but in reality I don't dislike him.
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