Breaking in more pitches, Joba Chamberlain starts to turn heads

Joba Chamberlain didn't look like a pitcher struggling with his command as he did in his last start, but he didn't look like the two-pitch wonder he was last year, either.

That's because after making a name for himself late last summer with a blazing fastball and a filthy slider, he displayed a pretty effective curveball Monday night in the Yankees' 4-0 win, showing why the Yankees believe he can succeed as a starter, not just Mariano Rivera's setup man. Chamberlain made several Reds hitters look silly with his slow curve, though none more so than Edwin Encarnacion, who lost a 14-pitch battle with the Yankees' 22-year-old phenom when he swung through Chamberlain's hook. Continue