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Sixty Feet, Six Inches: Joba lands on DL

By Christopher Harris
ESPN.com

Thursday, August 7, 2008

While they were downing the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night, the Yankees were also licking their wounds, preparing for life without Joba Chamberlain. The 22-year-old righty went on the disabled list with tendinitis in his right shoulder, adding to the list of pinstriped talent that's gotten hurt this year. This, it must be said, is what happens when a team is both very old and very young. The old guys (Jorge Posada, Hideki Matsui) wear down, while the young guys (Chamberlain, Phil Hughes, Ian K ...

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