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Yankee Lookalike Turns Into Joba the Slut
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Billy Parker
Published Sep 6, 2008
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A Jersey Shore man is giving new meaning to the term "five-tool player" after spending the summer hooking up with as many as 100 women because of his resemblance to Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain. Ryan Ward tells the NY Post that after "numerous occasions of my shirt being ripped off," a friend encouraged him to "become (Joba) for the summer." However, Ward took his new found identity too far when cops had to arrest the 29-year-old Phillies fan after a two-week run of scamming free food and drinks from bartenders in Belmar and other Shore towns. The Yankee phenom says he would like to meet his doppleganger. Ward, currently unemployed and out on bail says, "I wouldn't mind becoming his celebrity impersonator."
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