Red Sox fans complaining about Joba, umpires, and Yankees

July 26, 2008

By DailySkew

Joba Chamberlain defeated Red Sox ace Josh Beckett last night, and Red Sox Nation wasn’t happy about it. They also say that Joba tried to kill Kevin Youkilis last night: you be the judge: Joba inside pitch to Youklis. Josh Beckett, Big Papi, Terry Francona, and Kevin Youkilis were all whining and complaining, too.

Here are some selected comments from around the Internet:

“Worst umpired game of the year.”

“Joba should still be a reliever.”

“[Umpire] Marty Foster decided that the height of his strike zone was going to be somewhere around the batter’s ears. And I think [umpire] Angel Hernandez is blind.”

“Chamberlain doesn’t ever go way up and in unless the batter’s first name is Kevin and his last name is Youkilis. Yeah, that was another mistake. Ball just got away. Again.”

“I still wonder whether Francona could have taken the players off the field; particularly after the Lowell K, I think it was blindingly obvious that the next batter would see virtually every pitch called a strike.”

“I can’t stand Joba Chamberlain. I know he’s only been around for a couple of years, but he’s skyrocketing up my list of most despised villains.”

“Joba is nothing like Roger Clemens. He outweighs Clemens by about 70 pounds at the same age. Clemens, like most of the greats, threw inside plenty. What Joba’s been doing with Youk is nothing like what Clemens did.”

“They showed the pitch zone after the pitch and the pitch was a mile inside, as you could easily tell when watching the pitch in real time. I can’t imagine how you would think that pitch was a strike. I really think Chamberlain threw the ball in that area on purpose. He’s done it repeatedly to Youkilis now and thrown a pitch behind his legs. I don’t know if he’s trying to hit him but he doesn’t seem to be trying very hard not to.”

“It was an embarrassing umpiring job by a crew which is consistently embarrassingly bad. This is nothing new.”