"Looking back now, Harlan Chamberlain and his son knew no better than to just comply with the " Joba Rules " the Yankees placed on the young pitcher earlier in his career. It was the first time the two were dealing with a major league franchise, after all.

After hearing the news Thursday that Joba Chamberlain likely needs Tommy John surgery , Harlan admitted he would have some misgivings about the way the Yankees limited the hard-throwing reliever's innings, if he were doing it all over again.

"Looking back on it now, well...there's some reservations," the elder Chamberlain said. "But I entrust these people, this organization with one of the two most precious things I have: my children. I don't think anywhere along the line that they intentionally wanted to hurt my son. Had I thought that, I would have intervened.

"In summary they did what they felt was best and I respect that.""