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Do Yankees need to designate a setup man?
lennysyankees.com - 7/4/2009
Do Yankees need to designate a setup man?
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The Yankees have had the luxury in recent years to possess more than one dominant reliever, which enabled them to finish close games at a high success rate. The 2009 Yankees bullpen lacks a guy like Tom Gordon or Joba Chamberlain, and it might do more harm than good to designate one reliever as ...
lohud.com - 7/1/2009
Hughes provides welcome relief for Yankees | lohud.com | The Journal News
— lohud.com — NEW YORK - Phil Hughes found something last week he thought he had lost a few years ago. It was a 96-mph fastball. The 23-year-old right-hander has been pitching in relief since the first week of June when the Yankees decided to return Chien-Ming Wang ... (more) Hughes provides welcome relief for Yankees | lohud.com | ...

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Yankees Phil up eighth as Bruney gets rest
nydailynews.com - 7/4/2009
Yankees Phil up eighth as Bruney gets rest
— nydailynews.com — Joe Girardi still insists that Brian Bruney is his eighth-inning reliever, yet when the Yankees carried a one-run lead into the eighth Friday, the manager turned to Phil Coke and Phil Hughes to get those three outs. (more) Yankees Phil up eighth as Bruney gets rest

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baseballprospectus.com - 7/6/2009
Under The Knife: Bombed Out by Will Carroll
— baseballprospectus.com — Questions about workloads and breakdowns in the Bronx, another Jays starter goes down, plus news and notes on injuries from around the game. (more) Under The Knife: Bombed Out by Will Carroll

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