Joba Chamber-"lion"

[PhilaYank36]

I wish I could find the picture that ran in the story, because seeing Joba in the lion suit made me bust a gut. He looks like a freakin' giant-sized 11-year-old!

http://www.nj.com/yankees/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/1190694317167890.xml&coll=1

Jason Giambi walked past Ian Kennedy's locker and stopped in his tracks.

"Man," the designated hitter told the rookie, "you look HOT!" Kennedy, in a blue-and-white checked dress, pigtailed wig, and sparkly red slippers, just stared back resignedly.

"This is a very glorious moment for me," Shelley Duncan said. "It is what it is. I was meant to be the scarecrow. You go with it, you deal with it, and you don't think about it because what can I think with? I'm a scarecrow with a mission. We have to find the wonderful, wonderful wizard."

Once again, Shelley Duncan: my new favorite Yankee.

 

[spnited]

 

[PhilaYank36]

Gracias, mi amigo. Gracias.

 

[The Big Ragu]

I saw video of this yesterday. It was funny. They made them walk out of the players entrance in the costumes and sign autographs. It was pretty silly. The Red Sox had their rookies do a team flight dressed up in ridiculous outfits a few weeks ago. Dice-K rode the plane dressed as a Teletubby, which just struck me as absurd.

 

[spnited]

Dorothy and friends:

 

[ballscribe]

Every team does this every year. Nice to see the Yankees had a specific theme and went with it. :D
I guess that's why they're the Yankees.

I remember Milton Bradley all in leopard skintight tight mini, for his hazing, right through the entire length of the airport. It was absolutely fetching, and so flattering to his skin tone. I'm not sure what that means now.

 

[Della9250]

The backpage of the Daily News was great: the main rookies in the pic above with the headline "We're off to sieze the Wild Card"

 

[Armchair_QB]

The backpage of the Daily News was great: the main rookies in the pic above with the headline "We're off to sieze the Wild Card"

They spelled seize wrong?

 

[spnited]

 

[Della9250]

The backpage of the Daily News was great: the main rookies in the pic above with the headline "We're off to sieze the Wild Card"

They spelled seize wrong?

That was my doing

 

[Theoldbenchwarmer]

Apparently two of them were dressed as flying monkeys. nice :)


here it is:

 

[novelist_wannabe]

I can't believe this hasn't already been posted: Play like a Chamberlion Today ...

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

A few more pictures:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gn8ag29oS8bDytwlT5wWqBlIq6Mg

 

[amraeder]

I thought this thread was going to be about him wearing one of these:

 

[93Devil]

Does anyone else think in about six years Derek is going to hand the C over to Joba?

I have a feeling this kid just might be one of the all-time Yankees before it is all said and done.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Does anyone else think in about six years Derek is going to hand the C over to Joba?

I have a feeling this kid just might be one of the all-time Yankees before it is all said and done.

I hope he is. The kid is good.

Those pictures are ****ing hilarious. Saw the clip on SportsCenter this morning and couldn't stop laughing.

 

[Double Down]

...just stared back resignedly.

Wow. Resignedly? Really? That's the writer's word choice?

Somewhere, my man Jones, outspoken enemy of all things adverb, just choked on his coffee.

 

[D-3 Fan]

The sports page was great to see, except that Loopy is on the top of the page. :P

 

[LiveStrong]

I hope they put something about this on his plaque in Cooperstown.

 

[PhilaYank36]

I hope they put something about this on his plaque in Cooperstown.

I didn't know they hung plaques in the bathroom stalls there. Wow!