He is human afterall.
Over 26 games, Joba Chamberlain's career had been pretty much perfect, but yesterday he gave up the winning run in the ninth inning in the White Sox's 7-6 victory. Pushing up his ERA to 1.12 for the year.
“He’ll be fine. He’ll bounce back. He’s given up a run before in his life,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said of Joba.
The loss will do him good, the pressure to continue the near perfect streak is now over and Joba can get on with being one of the most dominating set up men (and eventually starters) in the league. The loss will take some pressure off and make him reflect on his role. It will mature him pretty fast.
Posted by Steve in New York