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NEXT: JOBA CHAMBERLAIN

By Buster Olney

Thursday, October 9, 2008

IT'S 9:31 A.M. in the off-season, a time when most ballplayers are still deep in REM sleep, but I'm curious to see if Joba Chamberlain lives up to his rep as the King of Text Messaging. So I fire off a quick one to the Yankees' prize righthander. Four minutes later, the light on my cell phone flickers. It's Joba, awake and typing, an indefatigable force of thumbs. I text A LOT. About 100-200 a day! Add it to the legend: Chamberlain broke into the big leagues on Aug. 7, faced 67 hitters and se ...

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