Joba Chamberlain professed his love for the Big Apple after a police video of his October DUI arrest surfaced showing the young Yankees pitcher criticizing New York City motorists and even poking fun of hall of famer Yogi Berra.
"I'm not the player or the individual I am without the New York fans, period," Chamberlain was quoted as saying in yesterday's New York Post as well as the Daily News. "I mean no disrespect to anybody in New York. Everyone has driven in New York and gotten mad at one another, so that happens. I love this place, it's my second home and it's embraced me and my family. I couldn't ask for anything better." The News, the Post and Newsday each reported Wednesday that the video, uncovered by thesmokinggun.com, reveals the pitcher has a sore spot for driving in New York.
"The biggest thing that I've noticed driving here and there is if you let somebody in they open the window and say 'Thank you,'" he said of driving in Nebraska. "In New York, they might hit you. Yeah, it's a joke."
Ichiro Suzuki looked like his all-star self yesterday, going 7-for-10 in an extended spring training game, his first action since a bleeding ulcer sidelined him. The Seattle outfielder is on track to be activated from the DL on Wednesday.
St . Louis Cardinals minor-league pitcher Deryk Hooker was suspended for 50 games yesterday after testing positive for drugs under the sport's minor-league program.
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