riveraveblues.com - 7/1/2009
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On April 26, 2007, the Yankees found themselves without a starting pitcher, and so a few months — or possibly a year — ahead of schedule, they handed the ball over to a 20-year-old right-hander named Phil Hughes . A few months later, on August 7, 2007, they again found themselves short a ...
How Reactivating Chien Ming Wang Messed With Phil Hughes
puristbleedspinstripes.com 7/13/2009 — Recently, I've been seeing a lot of posts suggesting that to solve the rotation problems, the Yankees should move Phil Hughes back from the bullpen to the rotation. On the surface, it's hard to disagree with this. As a starter, Hughes this season was showing improvement outside of one disastrous ...
The Hughes Wang Dilemma
fackyouk.blogspot.com 6/4/2009 — Over the past couple of years entire forests and billions of bytes have been laid to waste in debating two hot button topics in Yankeedom: the bullpen and how best to utilize the Yankees' young pitching prospects. Thanks to one Joba Chamberlain, the two have often intersected. Today I will ...
Hughes in Pen a Bullish Problem (Score One for Bad Puns!)
puristbleedspinstripes.com 6/27/2009 — Let me make something clear, before I get into the meat of this post: Long term, Phil Hughes is a starter. That's why the Yankees drafted him, and that's where he will end up long term. As it should be. In fact, right now, as Joe P. of River Ave Blues told me, Hughes is the Yanks' fourth-best ...
Hughes to Mo? Wait a Sec…
nyyankeesrumors.com 6/9/2009 — Hughes, courtesy of the New York Times
When Phil Hughes entered in the seventh innings of tonight’s game and proceeded to sit down the Rays in order, including a strikeout of phenom Evan Longoria, I’m sure many Yankee fans were rejoicing not only for the fact that big outs were ...
Hughes Getting Very Comfortable in the Pen
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 7/1/2009 — Here's a quote from Hughes about his new role, via Peter Abraham : "I feel like I have more control, my stuff plays up a little bit," Hughes said. "It feels like a good fit for me. Who's to say what the future will be? Maybe this is what I do for the rest of my career." Still, Hughes sees the ...
Hughes willing to pitch at any time for Yankees
lennysyankees.blogspot.com 6/9/2009 — Phil Hughes looks to have an excellent future ahead of him as a starter, but for the time being, he will work out of the bullpen. Thankfully, he has embraced his new role and is cooperating with whatever situation Joe Girardi wants to throw him in. "Whatever role they want me in, ...
Is Hughes the Answer to Yanks Pen?
nybaseballdigest.com 6/3/2009 — As Giuseppe Franco, loyal NYBD fan, pointed out, Phil Hughes has been sent to the bullpen and Chien Ming Wang put back into the starting rotation.
Can Hughes be the answer to the seventh or eighth inning? Obviously it won’t hurt to have someone with the repertoire of Hughes going all ...
Stop being so good, Hughes.
behindthemoat.wordpress.com 7/10/2009 — I would never wish failure on a Yankee. Even if I perhaps do not care for a particular player, or if their success might otherwise hurt my fantasy team’s chances, I still don’t wish failure on them. However, Phil Hughes’s success is scaring me a bit.
Why? Well, quite ...
Hughes Becoming a Weapon Out of the Pen
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 6/22/2009 — From Anothony DiComo : And according to Girardi, he can. For the Yankees, perhaps the brightest spot in this weekend's series loss to the Marlins was Hughes, who so impressed his manager with a perfect inning of relief Saturday that Girardi was prepared to use Hughes out of the 'pen again the ...
Hughes To The Pen? Neyer Says 'Yes, why not?'
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 5/20/2009 — From Rob Neyer (hat-tip to River Ave. Blues ) : You might recall that when the Yankees were winning the American League East every single year , they developed just one starting pitcher: Andy Pettitte . Well, there was a good reason for that. Yes, they were impatient with their young ...
HEY, JOE! LET PHIL BE THE NEW JOBA! —
NY Post: Sports 7/1/2009
> ENOUGH with all the formula pitching changes, that annoying paint-by-numbers style of managing that dominates baseball. Joe Girardi had the opportunity last night at the Stadium to show he really has a handle on his Yankees, and he let ...
