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Chamberlain frustrated with debut

By Jorge Arangure Jr.
ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

NEW YORK -- Joba Chamberlain kicked the dirt on the mound, and when he reached the first-base line on his dejected walk to the dugout after being taken out of Tuesday's game by Yankees manager Joe Girardi, he kicked that dirt, too. In his much-anticipated debut, Chamberlain, who received a standing ovation prior to even throwing a pitch in the first inning and whose first pitch elicited a stream of flashbulbs that glared like strobe lights, fizzled in a quick 2 1/3 innings (and a mere 62 pitch ...

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