Joba & His MRI On Their Way To Birmingham

by Mister Naxal on Aug 5, 2008 6:16 PM CDT

For those non-medheads out there in the audience, when a pitcher takes his MRI results to Birmingham, Alabama, it's to go see Dr. James Andrews. Per ESPN:

ARLINGTON, Texas -- New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain will be examined by noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews on Wednesday after undergoing an MRI on his ailing right shoulder.

Chamberlain returned to New York for tests on his shoulder Tuesday. The team said before its game against the Texas Rangers that it would not reveal the results of the MRI exam until Chamberlain is seen by Andrews in Birmingham, Ala.

While I hate the Yankees, I hope Joba's shoulder isn't cooked. He's a fun guy to watch pitch...and to watch duck decapitation throws from Pudge.

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it would have better...

if pudge had actually just decapitated him, i really dont like looking at his face, it makes me wanna punch the tv

by blalock84 on Aug 5, 2008 6:25 PM CDT reply actions

Pudge Came Pretty Close

If Chamberlain had done just about anything else except drop and roll, that ball would have skulled him.

by Mister Naxal on Aug 5, 2008 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions

i feel bad for joba

if this ends up being serious. but if it does i hope it can somehow get pinned on hank’s insistence that he be converted to a starter post haste. i really dont like that guy.

by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Aug 5, 2008 6:34 PM CDT reply actions

Feliz

This is why I hope the Raners don’t rush Feliz.

"An effortless 98" - Scott Gardner after Neftali Feliz's first AA pitch

by RangerMad on Aug 5, 2008 6:37 PM CDT reply actions

You think this is the result of "rushing"?

How so?

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 5, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions

innings

They should have kept him in the minors last year and let him biuld up some innings. He threw alot of breaking balls last night. That could have led to his shoulder stiffness.

"An effortless 98" - Scott Gardner after Neftali Feliz's first AA pitch

by RangerMad on Aug 5, 2008 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Injury risk

He went lower than he should have in the draft because he had already been hurt when at nebraska (thought it was TJ but I guess it was tendinitis)

by bushe on Aug 6, 2008 8:41 AM CDT up reply actions

Joba Rules

if anything, it shows that limiting a pitcher’s work won’t prevent injuries. The Yankees treated this guy with kid gloves which, ironically, probably made him more susceptible to injury.

by SteveP on Aug 5, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

There were concerns

about his injury potential before he was drafted.

by northtexan95 on Aug 5, 2008 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions

I think the violence in his delivery was the real culprit

I don’t think it had anything at all to do with the manner in which he was used.

His arm just moves so fast and with so much torque it was going to be impossible for him to have Greg Maddux-like health, imo.

But God damn he’s good when he’s healthy.

Here’s hoping he’s fine and dandy like sour candy.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 5, 2008 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions

It's the way he's built too

He’s a big boy. That combined with his delivery had people concerned. This is why he fell to the Yankees in the draft. He was considered a top-5 talent coming out, if I remember.

"We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round." - Tony Romo

by kentbenfer on Aug 5, 2008 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions

He had been injured a few times while at Nebraska

That was the biggest concern. His weight wasn’t really a huge deal, iirc. Though people did think that with his delivery he might be better suited to closing so that caused him to slip a bit.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 6, 2008 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions

how?

by moving him from the bullpen to the rotation…IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON?

cashman is too good of a GM for this to happen

i hope he ends up somewhere where he can be allowed to actually run a team.

and i hope hank falls and breaks his neck.

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by knockoutking on Aug 5, 2008 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions

I had a buddy who got operated on by Andrews

said the facility there is incredible.

I echo your sentiment about Joba. I loathe the Yanks, but Joba is a special player and watching him pitch is just plain fun. Off the top of my head Joba, Lincecum and Volquez are my top three favorite guys to watch throw.

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by thedirkatron on Aug 5, 2008 6:57 PM CDT reply actions

especially when we can beat him up

like we have.

"So you have no frame of reference here, Donny. You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie and wants to know... "

by Walter Sobchak on Aug 5, 2008 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Me...

I’m gonna have to go with Nick Masset. I have a little game where I try and guess which of his 56 pitches he just threw.

"You’re the only here who contributes schtick only." - brettgardner

by trza on Aug 5, 2008 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions

first phillip, now joba

something’s in the TBiA water.

Josh Hamilton is better than you.

by Longhorn on Aug 5, 2008 7:47 PM CDT reply actions

must be, see

Millwood, Hurley, BMac, Mathis, Murray, et al.

"An effortless 98" - Scott Gardner after Neftali Feliz's first AA pitch

by RangerMad on Aug 5, 2008 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Hey...

where is LSJ’s post about how glad he is that Joba is hurt?

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Aug 6, 2008 12:14 AM CDT reply actions

so now i'm reading

it was due to his pregame yoga routine. stretching prior to pitching has been shown to increase injuries AND reduce velocity. someday baseball will take notice of these things.

by SteveP on Aug 6, 2008 12:49 PM CDT reply actions