Last night ESPN had a crawl announcing that Joba Chamberlain was on bereavement leave. I took that as meaning his father died, but I guess bereavement can refer to attending to a sick relative. On the Yankees website the current announcement (6:14 pm 4/14/08) says that "Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain left the team after Sunday's game to tend to his ailing father and has been placed on the Major League bereavement list." He's in critical condition.

Tough going for the Chamberlain family.