Apparently Wang is teaching Joba the sinker

[PJMPirate]

http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/0...mmates-sinker/

Chamberlain seems likely to open the season in the bullpen, but he’s trying to widen his repertory as the Yankees stretch him out as a starter in spring training. He has been playing catch every day with Chien-Ming Wang, and he said Wang had taught him the sinker, which he used for three ground-ball outs on Monday.


Last year, it was not an effective pitch for him. “It kind of stayed straight or got hit real far,” Chamberlain said. But now the pitch could come in handy to get grounders and to keep his pitch count down.


“I actually feel pretty comfortable with it, which is surprising,” he said. “It’s not a swing-and-miss pitch, but it’s a pitch that’s going to get ground balls when you need them.”

[MassNYYfan]

Hope Wang taught him how to throw it without ripping his fingernails off.

[PinstripePride]

Nice! Another pitch for Joba? Sounds good to me.

[ARoDfan4life]

I think it was the 2 seamer not the sinker per Fat Ab.

[TheYankee]

^^

What he said.

[ArodMVP217]

HOW DID WE LOSE IN 60!?!? still boggles my mind

[Ruth88]

More to love about the kid everyday.

[Steph19]

98 mph fastball, killer slider, plus curveball, average change, and now Chien-Ming Wang's sinker? Nasty.

[Jeter Kid]

Chien-Ming Chamberlain FTW!

[Dave Visbeck]

http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/0...mmates-sinker/

.NO!.

[RYMASTER or Ryan_Yankees]

HOW DID WE LOSE IN 60!?!? still boggles my mind

By scoring less runs than the Pirates in Game 7.

[RollingWave]

because obviously Micky Mantle was unclutch. shoulda traded his ass off to the Angles (wait they didn't exist back then)

[NYDCYankee]

Maybe Joba can teach Wang all of his pitches.

[flymick24]

maybe joba, wang, hughes, and kennedy can all teach mussina age

[yanksphan]

Expect an excerpt from Pete A explaining how Joba is only doing this for the money.

Greedy bastard.

[Rocketbooster]

Expect an excerpt from Pete A explaining how Joba is only doing this for the money.

Greedy bastard.

Joba-mania is really reaching an all-time ridiculous high. If any other player said that, even another Yankee, most on this board would be at leat mildly annoyed at that statement. I guess Joba really can do no wrong.

However, I don't want to hijack this thread and this conversation already happened on another one.

[Rocketbooster]

HOW DID WE LOSE IN 60!?!? still boggles my mind

What does this have to do with Joba and Wang?

[JeterRodriguezSheff]

Joba-mania is really reaching an all-time ridiculous high. If any other player said that, even another Yankee, most on this board would be at leat mildly annoyed at that statement. I guess Joba really can do no wrong.

However, I don't want to hijack this thread and this conversation already happened on another one.

Yet if Hughes said it, what would your reaction be?

[ArodMVP217]

oh, the guy's name is pirate... i probably should have stayed focused, eh

[R.V.47]

Hope Wang taught him how to throw it without ripping his fingernails off.

I hope he also tought him how to not have it hit all over the park in playoff games. Something Wang needs to work on before he teaches it to other people.

[Prison Mike]

Isn't Wang's "sinker" just a 2 seamer with a lot of downward movement?

[R.V.47]

Isn't Wang's "sinker" just a 2 seamer with a lot of downward movement?

That is essentially what all sinkers are, Wang and guys like Brandon Webb and Fausto Carmona just have the ability to throw it really hard which gives it that heavy feeling when batters swing at it causing them to hit it into the ground. The problem with Wang though compared to Webb is that he tends to lose command of his sinker at times and doesnt really have a way to work out of that problem.

[shroud]

A 2 seamer fastball IS usually a sinking fastball. Of course some sink more than others...

[NYYDragoon]

Hope Wang taught him how to throw it without ripping his fingernails off.

Or, without keeping it up in the zone.

[Tifoso]

How cool is this?

Major, major props to Wang!