From Bryan Hoch:
You could say it was something of a dream, then, for Chamberlain to zip a fastball by Thomas in front of a packed Yankee Stadium audience on Tuesday evening, striking out the slugger to end the eighth inning with the tying run on second base.
His reaction was about the same as you'd expect from the excitable 22-year-old, which is why Chamberlain raised an eyebrow when informed, two days later, that his fist pump and scream had made for juicy talk-radio fodder and seemed to irk a few observers.
"I guess I've been giving people things to talk about for a while now," Chamberlain said. "If I'm going to go out there and give you everything I've got, and don't show you everything I am as a person, you're not getting everything I am. And that's unfair to my teammates."
I don't have any problem with his celebrations, it's good to see that kind of energy on this team. I honestly don't understand why I've been hearing some Yankees fans complaining about them. I understand non-Yankees fans being a little put off by it, but not Yankees fans."There's no disrespect. It's not anything," he said. "If people take it as offensive, that's on them. I'm not showing anybody up, and I'm not disrespecting the game. If people want to talk about it, let them talk about it.
"I'm Joba Chamberlain, and I pitch for the New York Yankees. I'm going to be me. There's no getting around it."
The only thing about it that bothers me is I can't complain about Papelbon's overblown celebrations anymore.
4 Comments:
Love the emotion, the Yankees have needed someone to show some fire on the field. If players don't want to see it, maybe they should do something other than strike out.
I agree completely. And it's not like he's even looking at the hitter, he's just pumping his fist.
Have you heard Mike and the Mad Dog today? They're still talking about this, like it's a big deal. I really have to stop listening to these two morons.
Sadly, living in Utah I don't get to hear Mike and Mad Dog...
It's complete BS about a pitcher "not showing up a batter" but you have clowns like Manny who stare at long fly balls, and hitters like Bonds and Ortiz who stand over the plate and wear 300 lbs of armor. What is a pitcher supposed to do?
Consider yourself lucky you can't hear these two fools.
And you're right. Peter Abraham said the same thing today on his blog.
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