Right-handed reliever Joba Chamberlain, who remains on the bereavement list while tending to his ailing father in his hometown of Lincoln, Neb., delivered some encouraging news to the Yankees on Friday. Harlan Chamberlain, 55, has been removed from a ventilator, is breathing on his own and his condition continues to improve, the pitcher said Friday in a team-issued statement.

“After several difficult days, my father is feeling much better,” Joba Chamberlain said. “He is still in the critical care unit of the hospital and more tests await him, but he is off the ventilator and breathing on his own. Each day he’s acting more and more like himself, and he’s even giving people grief — myself included — because the hospital doesn’t carry Yankees games on television.”

KEEP PRAYING.

I’m sure that Gabs and Kate already think you are a dad like that…

jpd

It is an incredible story. I want to be a dad like that someday.

well, this may seem insensitive, but also we need Harlan to get better, so the Yankees don’t loose every game in the 7th or 8th inning. Last night was ridiculous.