After last night's start by Joba I've been reading nothing but criticism across the blogosphere for it. Now if it were Andy Pettitte or Sergio Mitre throwing this game, we'd be congratulating them on a gritty performance in which they got through six innings and gave the team a chance to win. We'd be talking about how its great that they only gave up four runs when they didn't have their best stuff. Instead, from 1-3 PM today we're going to hear the increasingly inane calls that Joba belongs in the bullpen.The season for Joba has not lived up to expectations. However, the expectations for the 23 year old are simply absurd. If you listened to the media you would think Joba was having a disastrous year with a good game or two sprinkled in between the five inning messes. The stats tell a different story though. Lost among all this Joba talk is that he's thrown to a 3.85 ERA. Also forgotten in all the complaints that he doesn't throw a lot of innings is t...
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