New York
Yankees manager Joe Girardi put in a call to the bullpen for Joba Chamberlin yesterday before the first pitch was even thrown. Well, our rotation just looked like it had had enough in there, I didn't want the other team to bust us up for a lot of runs because we were tired. So I just went ahead and called into the bullpen immediately. The move did not work out well, as Chamberlin was hit for 2 runs and only pitched 2.1 innings of relief. "It's very hard coming into a game in the middle of it," said Joba. "To know that your starting pitching really needs you to get in there and put together some shutdown innings, and I just couldn't do it tonight."
"Well, I am getting tired of this bullpen losing games for us out there," said starter Mike Mussina, the pitcher originally scheduled for the game. "I had this team in a 0-0 tie when Joba took the mound, and they couldn't keep it together. I don't know how much better I can do than pitch a shutout. This hurts..."
