1AL East Update:
If you've been in a cave for the last two weeks or so, you might not know that Yankees phenom (and True Yankee?) Joba Chamberlain is finally scheduled to start a game tomorrow at Yankee Stadium against Roy Halladay the Toronto Blue Jays.
Chamberlain (1-2; 2.28 ERA; 1.14 WHIP), who I dislike enough to mispronounce his name "Joe Ba" or call simply "#62," has dazzled opponents so far this season over 23 2/3 innings and 20 appearances. His K-rate (11.4/9-IP) is roughly the same as last season (12.75), but his BB rate, (4.2/9-IP), is much higher than last year's (2.25). Even still, at just 22 years old, his 30/11 K/BB ratio suggest that he'll be a top-flight pitcher for years to come.
Halladay (6-5), for his part, is relatively quietly putting together what should be considered a Cy Young Award candidate type of year (2.93 ERA; 0.99 WHIP; 89 IP; 5 CG; 71/11 K/BB).
On a related note, I'll be in attendance at this one.
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Make sure your not parking in a park after 9!. I'm gonna try my luck in Queens Court on Monday, I may need to register a car in 2 weeks so I wanna get the tickets squared away ASAP.
I'll keep you posted.
EIC (editor in chief) --
Let me know how the court date goes.
So, for anyone who didn't see:
#62 (ND): 2.1 IP; 1 H; 2 R (1 ER); 3 K; 4 BB
Doc (W): 6 IP; 6 H; 2 R (2 ER); 3 K; 1 BB
Final Score: (9-3, Toronto)
It seemed to me like the umpire may have been squeezing the zone a bit, which helped the Jays, as they made it a point to be patient in this one to try to get #62's pitch count as high as they could.
#62 did not end up leaving the game because he was wholly ineffective (though 4 walks in just 2 1/3 IP is a bad sign), but because he was on a strict pitch count (I like to call this the "#62 Rules").
However, the Yankees are a notoriously patient team, and in that respect it is kind of amazing that Halladay only walked one (though he did hit two batters, A-Rod and Giambi). They tagged him for both runs in the first and he was working in and out of trouble the rest of the game, managing to induce a double play from Jose Molina to preserve a 1-run lead in the 6th, before the Jays broke the game wide open in the top of the 7th.
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