Joba gets hammered.

Well Joba Chamberlin got roasted in his first start, but it is only his first start. The armchair experts are all pontificating that the Yankees have to have him in the eight inning to be the new Mariano. Why can't he be the new Ron Guidry. It's great that the Yanks are bringing him along slowly. This is a transition year where we can still compete. The injury to Big Papi means the Red Sox won't run away with it. You can't have an all-star at every position. Next year a lot of money comes off the payroll. Giambi, Petite, Matsui and a couple of other guys will surely be gone. A judicious purchase of free agents here and there and we will be right back in it with a young pitching staff. Hughes, Chamberlin and Kennedy are just babies and as such need to be babied. It just gets so old listening to the sports reporters tell each other the same crap. It's almost as bad as politics.