Three innings. Three. That's Joba's new limit? Despite him mowing down lifeless White Sox batters one after the other, Chamberlain was fored to depart after three frames. Al Aceves, Damaso Marte, Dave Robertson, Phil Hughes and Phil Coke pitched the final six.
I'm sure Joe Girardi et al were just tickled with having to deal with this scenario. Under any circumstances, your starter going three innings is a liability, and using five more pitchers to cobble together a win would cause problems for a week or more.
But not, apparently, when it's planned. I don't get it, but at least this stupidity is over after this season and Joba will be treated like any other pitcher.
Winning, of course, overshadows this idiocy, so let's be happy the Yanks are racking up wins, playing good defense and getting great pitching, whatever the circumstances.
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