Hey, Jim Bouton--Stick This in your secret notebook: Joba's onto you.

"With a hearty lead, (Joba) Chamberlain took the rest of the game off.

• He has worked 12 1/3 scoreless innings to start his career, the most for a Yankee since Jim Bouton reeled off 15 in a row as a rookie in 1962.

The difference this time was that Chamberlain was rewarded with a victory. But he said he did not realize it until Mariano Rivera gave him the game ball after Rivera pitched a scoreless ninth.

• “I didn’t know what I was getting the ball for,” Chamberlain said. “The game was over and the ball was in my hand. That makes it a little extra special.”"
• From NY Times article by Tyler Kepner, "Big Inning for Yanks is Bigger for Rodriguez," 9/6/07 (end of article) Report on Mariner-Yankee game, 9/5/07.

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