Watch shattered bat hit Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain

By Houston Mitchell

Oct. 12, 2012 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Could a shattered bat be what prevents the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000205”&amp;gt;New York Yankees&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; from advancing to the ALCS? Good question, but don’t ask &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT000009971”&amp;gt;Joba Chamberlain&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; that question today.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Chamberlain was pitching to &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT000010503”&amp;gt;Matt Wieters&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; of the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000160”&amp;gt;Baltimore Orioles&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; in the 12th inning of Game 4 of the ALDS on Thursday night when disaster struck. Wieters lined a single to left, but his bat broke on the pitch and the barrel end of it sailed to the mound and hit the right elbow of Chamberlain, who didn’t see it coming until the last moment.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Chamberlain immediately walked off the mound, took off his glove and held his right arm limply to his side. He came out of the game. X-rays were negative, but he has a nasty bruise.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;”I was just hoping it wasn’t going to hit my face,” Chamberlain said.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;It has been a bad-luck season for Chamberlain. He dislocated his ankle during &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”EVSPR000065”&amp;gt;spring training&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; while playing on a trampoline with his son and didn’t pitch for the Yankees until July 31.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;”I don’t know if I’d hang out with me very much. I might need a bubble,” Chamberlain said. “It happens. Obviously, it’s part of the game, you take care of it and hopefully I can get after it Friday. But right now, it’s Bat 1, me nothing.”&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Chamberlain, one of the Yankees’ top relievers, had cruised through the 11th inning and probably would have pitched the 12th and 13th inning, if necessary. Instead, the Yankees were forced to bring &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT0015477”&amp;gt;David Phelps&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; into the game.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Phelps gave up consecutive doubles in the 13th to give the Orioles the victory and force a decisive Game 5.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;ALSO:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-raul-ibanez-coco-crisp-20121011,0,2553608.story”&amp;gt;Raul Ibanez or &amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT008356”&amp;gt;Coco Crisp&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-raul-ibanez-coco-crisp-20121011,0,2553608.story”&amp;gt;: Who’s been more clutch [Poll]&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-joe-girardi-father-20121011,0,2130597.story”&amp;gt;Father of New York Yankees Manager &amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a class=”taxInlineTagLink” href=”https://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/joe-girardi-PESPT002601.topic”&amp;gt;Joe Girardi&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-joe-girardi-father-20121011,0,2130597.story”&amp;gt; died Saturday&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-coco-crisp-20121010,0,3481511.story”&amp;gt;Watch Athletics’ Coco Crisp make an amazing home-run-saving catch&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;

Watch shattered bat hit Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain

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