The Next Rick Ankiel?

Joba Chamberlain came out for the 9th (why, Joe...why?), retired David Ortiz, and threw two pitches right at the head of Kevin Youkilis. Both balls bounced off the backstop without making contact with Youkilis.

Umpire Angel Hernandez ejected Chamberlain immediately after the second errant throw. Chamberlain looked stunned, as though both pitches had gotten away from him. Joba, this is the man who once ejected an organ player in AAA Omaha for playing the Mickey Mouse Club theme during an umpire-manager argument. He was initially going to toss you for coming out to Tim McGraw's "Indian Outlaw."

Yankee fans had better pray that Joba was trying to decapitate Youkilis, otherwise we might be looking at the dreaded "Steve Blass" disease. Of course, Yankee fans (and Keith Olbermann's mom) are no stranger to this affliction.

Ryan Maloney