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| 1st August, 2007 - 5:25 pm | Citizens Voice - According to Joba Chamberlain, the Yankees told him Tuesday afternoon to pack his things and travel to New York to get a passport. Chamberlain said he would then make his second career relief appearance Thursday in Double-A, not Wednesday in Triple-A, as previously scheduled.
Pitching coordinator Nardi Contreras, who was in Rochester and left with Chamberlain, said Double-A was a possibility for the 21-year-old right-hander, but not a definite plan. Ultimately, Contreras said, the trip was all about a new form of identification.
“Just to get a passport,” Contreras said. “That’s all that is.”
Of course, it’s the passport that makes the abrupt trip so interesting.
According to the U.S. State Department Web site and the Canadian Embassy Web site, Americans traveling into Canada by land — which is the way the Triple-A Yankees traveled to Ottawa early this morning — need to present only a photo ID, such as a driver’s license, and a proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a birth certificate. Chamberlain said he already had both.
American’s traveling into Canada by air — which is the way the big league Yankees will travel to Toronto next week — need a passport or proof of application for a passport.
Chamberlain getting a passport suggests he could be in the big leagues within a week. [READ] |
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