Joba fails?

So, is it just me, or did Kyle Farnsworth and Joba Chamberlain switch bodies last night?

Farnsworth came in and threw gas at the Indians, mixing in a slider, but working up-up in the zone where no one is going to touch him. Farnsworth has done this his last handful of appearances and has been flat nasty. The guy we thought we were getting years ago.

Chamberlain came in for the eighth and threw curves and sliders, when he’s been spotting his fastball and making veterans look foolish. You could see David Delucci’s home run coming, Delucci probably could too. He knew Chamberlain had to come in, and any lefty can go yard at The House That George Tore Down. That mortar-shot off Delucci’s bat killed the crowd and neutered the Yanks, who got a solid 6 1/3 from Andy Pettitte, who seems to fight himself more than the other team.

Excepting Chamberlain’s wretched performance, the Yankees got good pitching again, 8 innings and two runs from Pettitte, Farnsworth and Jorge Veras who came in when Chamberlain made Mo Rivera’s warm-up routine pointless.

The only thing that irritated me more than Chamberlain acting like an idiot rookie was David Cone saying over and over, “Delucci just beat him to the spot.” John Flaherty was supposed to color with Cone for that game. Flash’s son was sick so he skipped the game. Bad for him and the family, good for the viewing audience.