Yanks' Chamberlain has plenty to be thankful for

By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com | 11/21/12 4:00 PM ET

Joba Chamberlain with his father, Harlan, before a game at Yankee Stadium (AP)

The wonderful aromas of Thanksgiving, if Joba Chamberlain closes his eyes and concentrates, are still wafting out of his Nebraska kitchen in steamy waves of ham and mashed potatoes with all the trimmings.

It's enough to get the Yankee reliever's appetite rumbling, even standing in New York, more than a thousand miles away from home. But the feeling of Thanksgiving? Especially this year, that's going to be more meaningful than the feast itself.

"My family is healthy and my son [Karter] is growing," Chamberlain said, "and I guess it's probably been the biggest year of growth for me personally as a man. When you get knocked down a lot, it's coming back that's the hard part."

Chamberlain, 27, can attest to the truth of that statement more than most. While recovering from Tommy John surgery this spring, Chamberlain was impressing the Yankees by beating all estimates on his rehab, sparking hope that he would be back, firing pellets out of the bullpen, early in the season.

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