"At this point in his career the kid is famous for being a Yankee, for getting swarmed by bugs one night in Cleveland, for a drunk-driving arrest, for having a colorful name and a complicated background. He is not yet famous for winning baseball games."
I think he's most famous for his success as a reliever.
Not a huge sample size, but a ridiculous ERA.
"For now Chamberlain has won a total of eight games in the big leagues."
Only four losses. A sweet .667 winning percentage and a career ERA under 3.00.
You don't get too many wins as a relief pitcher, though, so the win-loss record is kind of unimportant. Mariano Rivera has less career wins than Andy Hawkins. Only a very stupid person would judge a relief pitcher on their number of wins.
"Jonathan Papelbon threw back his head on Sunday night, pumped his fist four times at Fenway Park, strike up the band. But Papelbon had just struck out Carlos Pena and B.J. Upton and Carl Crawford with runners on second and third in a one-run game, struck them out on high fastballs in the high 90s to win the game. You are allowed to kick up your heels when you do that, especially if the game is over."
Papelbon is allowed to do anything he wants. Papelbon was so awesome when he threw his head back on Sunday night. Papelbon pumped his fist four times on Sunday night, and, believe me, Lupica was pumping fists right along with him.
Papelbon is, like, totally OMG.
"He may eventually turn out to be the first star starter they have produced out of their farm system since Andy Pettitte, the first strikeout starter they have produced since Ron Guidry."
So Chien-Ming Wang is not a star pitcher, huh?
Wang is 54-23 for his career.
In the 2.5 seasons before he got injured, Wang won 46 games.
That's a right-handed Andy Pettitte.
"So the Yankees desperately need to have Chamberlain come through for them, show the world that they do have a farm system, that they can develop the kind of arms the Red Sox have with Jon Lester and Papelbon and even Clay Buchholz, who has a no-hitter in the books and can't get out of the minors right now."
Wang is unmentioned , Joba is overrated, but Clay Buchholz (5-10, 5.56) is an emerging superstar.
You know what? The Red Sox are better than the Yankees. It's not an issue.
The Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 and 2007. The Red Sox had a better record than the Yankees in 2007, 2008, and so far in 2009.
This is not rocket science. It's just looking at the standings. You don't have to rig the argument with stupidity and ignorance. When you hype up Buchholz and ignore Wang's success, you merely ruin your own credibility.
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