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The Aftermath of Tommy John Surgery, by Joba Chamberlain

All, Baseball Stephen Douglas June 24th. 2011, 4:00pm

Joba Chamberlain had successful Tommy John surgery on Thursday. Chamberlain, who had a 1.05 WHIP through 28.2 innings this season, tweeted these pictures of his arm post-surgery in case you’ve always wondered where the doctors cut your favorite pitchers open to make them good again.

“I know I’m going to get better. It’s not life and death. I’m just happy that I can fix it and come back and be stronger for it and hopefully have a long career.”

Chamberlain now awaits a long healing and rehabilitation process. I just hope we can debate whether he should come back as a starter or relief pitcher!

[New York Times, Images via @Joba_62]

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19 Responses to “The Aftermath of Tommy John Surgery, by Joba Chamberlain”

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wilhelmreems Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:08 PM
it’s a really good thing the yankees had the joba rules in place to prevent this kind of thing from happening.
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oskie Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:09 PM
it really was too bad. he wasn’t as nearly as electric as he was the first couple of seasons, but he seemed to find a groove again as the setup man. get well, joba.
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oskie Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:10 PM
fwiw- the joba rules didn’t keep this or cause this. i do think they fucked with his confidence.
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payaso Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:13 PM
I thought this was going to be a guest post written by Joba.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:14 PM
Everything has gone down hill for Joba since his appearance on Man Vs Food.
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captain_spalding Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:14 PM
Start throwing breaking pitches next week, ya pussy.
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Tim Ryan (TheSportsHernia) Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:17 PM
i do think they fucked with his confidence.
Absolutely.
8
Billy Buckner Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:19 PM
My arm scars are better. Whatta pussy.
/Fuck Joba
//Fuck the Yankees
///Obligatory
9
Keyser Söze Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:19 PM
Those Joba Rules were such bs.
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YYSA Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:21 PM
Yankees seem to have been fucking up their young pitchers in recent years.
/looks at Ian Kennedys stats
Why thank you.
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HakeemtheDream Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:22 PM
I thought his arm would be fatter.
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ms621 Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:22 PM
/looks at Ian Kennedys stats
Why thank you.
/Fantasy high five.
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starkweather Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:25 PM
I thought his arm would be fatter.
Nah, most of the fat’s in his chin and his gut
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VladimirCrouton Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:27 PM
TSNBobMcKenzie
As per @DarrenDreger, Leafs acquire J M Liles from COL for 2nd rd pick.
WTF. Kenny pull your head out of your ass.
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ms621 Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:30 PM
I hope he does his that ridiculous fist pump after his first post-Tommy John strikeout and completely destroys his arm.
/hatehatehatehatehatefornoreason.
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Geeezeus Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:32 PM
WTF. Kenny pull your head out of your ass.
Leafs are now on the hook for a combined $15.2M for Phaneuf, Liles and Komisarek.
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Theaton6 Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:34 PM
TJ/ http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6700915 /TJ
Yes! It’s looking good!
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Geeezeus Says:
June 24th, 2011 at 4:34 PM
$15.2M cap hit, $16.55M real dollars.
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fanaticsportsandcards Says:
June 25th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
it’s a really good thing the yankees had the joba rules in place to prevent this kind of thing from happening
Exactly

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