Breaking Down the Mechanics of Joba Chamberlain

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I was asked by a loyal reader recently to take a look at Joba Chamberlain's mechanics due to the circumstances surrounding the Yankee pitcher lately. What I looked at was his risk of future injury in addition to a recent mechanical adjustment which helped improve what was mediocre control. Below is an excerpt: One wrinkle Chamberlain has added recently--since the middle of June judging ... [link]

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Joba’s Mechanics
Published 8/21/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
Alex Eisenberg of Baseball-Intellect just gave me a heads up to a feature that he’s done on “Breaking Down the Pitching Mechanics of Joba Chamberlain.” Click here to see it. Alex’s work is a nice follow-up to the piece that Driveline Mechanics did this past April on Joba. Again, it seems that an abrupt finish/short follow-through is the finding that’s the biggest yellow light for Chamberlain’s delivery. Then again, watching the video now, it seems like I’m seeing a little of ...

Bronx Banter: Break it Down
Published 8/21/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... . Break it Down 2008-08-21 07:23 by Alex Belth Over at Baseball Intellect, Alex Eisenberg takes a look at Joba Chamberlain's mechanics . Fun, thought-provoking stuff. Excellent job by Eisenberg. Advertisement Post a comment ( ...

From the ‘Everyone’s a Pitching Coach’ Department
Published 8/21/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues » River Avenue Blues, A New York Yankees Blog
... The latest in online pitching mechanics analysis comes from Baseball-Intellect. Alex Eisenberg takes a look at Joba Chamberlain’s mechanics. He likes some of what he says, doesn’t like other parts and wonders how long a career Joba will have. ...

Baseball Today: Friday, August 22
Published 8/22/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... . (Both stories New York Daily News) The blog Baseball-Intellect has a not very encouraging (for the Yankees) breakdown of Chamberlain's mechanics. ...

Yankees prospects
Published 8/22/2008 by Mark Serio (munsoned1@yahoo.com) at BASEBALL HOT CORNER
... Here's a scouting report on Joba's mechanics and something else I don't want to think about: " It seems the tendonitis resulted from overuse, likely from the transition of relieving to starting." ...

Yankees plan Joba's next step
Published 8/23/2008 by Mark Serio (munsoned1@yahoo.com) at BASEBALL HOT CORNER
... to build up, so we might have to be creative how we build him up. ... We're not exactly sure how we're going to do it." "Your guess is as good as mine in terms of when Chamberlain could pitch in the majors. But if he’s coming back as a starter (which seems to be the case) we’re talking at least two weeks to get his arm strong enough. So that’s sometime in the second week of September at the earliest." "It seems the tendonitis resulted from overuse, likely from the transition of relieving to starting." Here's what should ...

Weekend Links: Joba Chamberlain Pitching Mechanics Broken Down, Instant Replay Has Arrived, Little League Coaches are Douchebags, UCLA PWND by Photoshop,
Published 8/30/2008 by Alan Hull at Baseball Mastermind
Here are some fun links for your perusal, some baseball and some other: A breakdown of Joba Chamberlain’s pitching mechanics. (Baseball-Intellect) ———————– A brief history of the events leading up to the institution of instant replay into MLB (Biz of Baseball) ———————– Anyone hear about that kid, Jericho Scott, a nine year-old, who was banned from Little League supposedly because he threw too ...

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