Episode 9: Joba Chamberlain

06/20/22 • 61 min

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We are joined by Joba Chamberlain, who spent 10 seasons pitching in the big leagues from 2007 through 2016 with the Yankees, Tigers, Royals and Indians. In the first half of a two-part interview, Joba joins us in the DeLorean to revisit his Major League debut pitching for the Yankees on August 7, 2007, called up as a 21-year-old and entering in relief to face the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. We'll discuss his meteoric rise to fame, his thoughts on the "Joba Rules," playing for manager Joe Torre in a star-studded clubhouse that included the likes of Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, plus -- of course -- the unforgettable incident with a swarm of Lake Erie midges during the 2007 American League Division Series in Cleveland!

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We are joined by Marc Carig, deputy managing editor for The Athletic, who has also covered Major League clubhouses as a beat reporter with the Orioles (2008), Yankees (2009-12, '18) and Mets (2012-17). Marc's work has appeared in Baseball Prospectus, the Newark Star-Ledger, Newsday, the Boston Globe and the Washington Post. Marc grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and is bringing us back to October 3, 1989 for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series between the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park -- the first MLB game that he ever attended. We'll discuss a 10-year-old's horror at sighting the urinal troughs at old Candlestick, his life rooting hard for the Oakland Athletics Bash Brothers of Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire, the 1989 earthquake World Series, Marc's experiences covering Joe Girardi as a manager and much, much more!

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Episode 10: Joba Chamberlain, Part II

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It's the first two-part episode of "My First Ballgame!" There was just too much good stuff to cover with Joba Chamberlain. This Q&A is worth the wait ... we ask Joba to settle the old Mike Francesa question once and for all -- was he a starter or a reliever? What should the Yankees have done? We also find out what it was like to share a bullpen with the great Mariano Rivera, go inside the clubhouse with the 2009 World Series champions and much more! (Stay tuned after the interview as we recount a hilarious Chan Ho Park incident!)

My First Ballgame with Bryan Hoch - Episode 9: Joba Chamberlain

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Bryan Hoch00:00:00.298

It's my first ball game we're sending you back to the future Welcome to the My first ball game podcast where every week we pile into dark browns DeLorean and revisit a classic baseball game of the past. I am your host, Brian hook alongside me as always laughing and giggling and my terrible impression is my beautiful wife and co host Connie Schwab hog. Hi.

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