He was still an inning away from entering the game, but no matter. These days, the very mention of Joba Chamberlain's name brings a roar from the crowd, just as it did when the message board at the Stadium advised the 53,857 in attendance that the Yankees' young gun was warming up in the bullpen in the seventh inning.
And an inning later, when Joe Torre came to fetch Andy Pettitte after his stellar 7-2/3 innings of one-run ball, you weren't completely sure if the raucous cheers were for Pettitte's job well done or Chamberlain's grand entrance. Probably a little of both. Continue
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