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Since there has been a noticeable absence of Yankees subject matter here at The Stool (on a New York sports site, for fuck’s sake), I have been brought in to fulfill all of your needs concerning the best team on the planet. Keep an eye out for nightly posts as the Yankees pull further and further away from the scrappy, underdog, small-market, bearded scumbags to the North.  Buckle up motherfuckers, I’m on the Barstool dime now!  Since this is my first post, I feel like this needs to be prefaced. I am not the typical all-Joba-all-the-time douchebag Yankees blogger.  However, last night’s start does bear some significance regarding the Yankees march to Number 27. So fuck off, and read it even though it’s about Joba Chamberlain.

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After being force-fed to Yankees Universe every second of every day by every asshole radio host, columnist, and announcer in New York, Joba Chamberlain finally reminded us why he became such a big fucking deal in the first place.  Aside from a solo homerun given up to the decrepit Vlad Guerrero, Chamberlain was effective through a four inning start. He could have been more economical (just under 17 pitches/inn.), but the bottom line is that he didn’t walk anyone, and the game didn’t get out of hand. That’s how starters win ballgames.  Look, I was just as Joba-Crazy as everyone else when he was trotting out of the pen and smoking motherfuckers left and right. But facts are facts, and guys that throw four above-average pitchers are starters. I don’t give a shit what Mike Francesa wheezes into his microphone.  For this team to win a World Series, Joba needs to start and pitch well. Sabathia has yet to prove that he can do it in October, Pettitte is 106 years old, and AJ Burnett has looked like a monkey fucking a football over the last month. With a team as good as this one winning the Division Series means shit, so a fourth starter WILL come into play.