Hopefully, your kids didn't have to see it. The scariest thing about yesterday's Opening Day at Yankee Stadium was
not when
Dustin Pedroia jammed his thumb diving head-first into the first-base bag in an 8-2 game. No, it was instead the growth that appeared on the upper lip of one
Joba Chamberlain—infamous relief pitcher of the Evil Ones (see pic). Appropriate for a '
70s porn star or an
upper midwestern mass murderer, the "thing" was an embarrassing exclamation point on Joba's otherwise embarrassing ninth-inning outing. So,
this is acceptable facial hair according to the fascist Yankee dress code? In the words of the late, great
Phil Rizzuto, "Holy Cow!"
