Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Joba Chamberlain is Different

There is no question that Joba is different this year. He's throwing hard. He's attacking hitters. He's confident. Working quickly. But what explains the sudden change in Joba? Simple: He's fat. Joba showed up to camp overweight, and he's pitched his @$$ off. In previous years Joba would show up to camp talking about how he was in the best shape of his life, then not pitch to expectation. Yankee brass assumed he was getting too comfortable. No. He was getting skinny. It turns out, Joba's a fat guy. He needs to be fat. Just let him be fat and he will pitch well. That's all it takes.

7 comments:

Uncle Mike said...

Worked for David Wells.

Naeree said...

Hmmm... "fat" can be hurtful when Joba reads this as I am sure all Yankees themselves get their news from this factual blog.
Let's be sensitive and call him, say, "curvier than Jeter".

Roberto E. Alejandro said...

"Way curvier than Jeter. WAY. And not in a good way."

That's as far as I'm willing to make a concession for Joba's feelings, since he makes more in a day than I have in my life, even at his meager, by MLB standards, salary.

Rich Mahogany said...

The Yankees have a rich tradition of fat pitchers going back to Babe Ruth. They gave the biggest pitching contract in history to a husky gentleman and were even willing to sign Sidney Ponson twice. They must have put Colon on the team as a kind of fatness mentor to Joba, as there's no other rational explanation.

Anonymous said...

OMG, what's wrong with being fat?

Roberto E. Alejandro said...

Nothing if you're Joba Chamberlain.

Anonymous said...

Joba the Hutt.