fullcountpitch.com - 9/17/2009
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From the manager to the beat writers, most people involved with the Yankees agree that the emergence of Phil Hughes in the 8th inning has been one of the keys to the Yankees’ second half dominance. Hughes has become the most trusted “bridge to Mariano” since the days of Jeff Nelson and Mike ...
joeposnanski.com - 9/11/2009
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joeposnanski.com —
When I was young, I used to practice
tennis trick shots. It was my way of handling...
the monotony of tennis practice. Well, I was never good with monotony. I would stand in the supermarket parking lot, and hit shot after shot after shot after shot into ...
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The Shot
yankees.lhblogs.com - 9/20/2009
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yankees.lhblogs.com —
The USC football team faces Washington at Husky
Stadium this afternoon. It’s a short ride from Safeco...
Field and Phil Hughes will be there on the sideline for the first half. Phil is a devoted fan of the Trojans and is fired-up to see the team ...
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Fight on, Phil Hughes
riveraveblues.com - 9/20/2009
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riveraveblues.com —
Earl Weaver thought that the best way to
break in a young arm was to have him...
pitch out of the bullpen. The Yankees have certainly practiced that over the past few years, using both Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain in relief. While Weaver’s ...
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Another reason spending time in the bullpen might help a ...
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Phil Hughes and Bullpen
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest —
... Billy Campione of Full Count Pitch wrote earlier today why Phil Hughes should remain a permanent fixture in the Yankees bullpen. You can read the details, but Campione cites the short stints for improving his velocity and eliminating underdeveloped secondary pitches. The rationale, Billy points out, could be an argument for any starting pitcher going into the bullpen. I have ...
Too early to determine Hughes’s ultimate role
River Avenue Blues —
... Billy Campione of Full Count Pitch thinks so. He builds a case that the bullpen has brought out the best in Hughes, and that he simply cannot replicate those numbers in the rotation. That’s not such an outlandish case if based only on Hughes’s performance so far in the majors. But considering the other information available about Hughes, it seems likely that he’ll be able to make a successful transition back to the rotation. ...
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Phil Hughes and Bullpen
nybaseballdigest.com 9/17/2009 — Billy Campione of Full Count Pitch wrote earlier today why Phil Hughes should remain a permanent fixture in the Yankees bullpen. You can read the details, but Campione cites the short stints for improving his velocity and eliminating underdeveloped secondary pitches. The rationale, Billy ...
The Amazing Phil Hughes
itsaboutthemoney.net 9/30/2009 — So we all know that Phil Hughes has been incredible this year. A revelation, even. But did you know that as a reliever, he's been the best pitcher in baseball? OK, so that's ignoring that Hughes has only pitched 49.2 innings from the bullpen this ...
Where did Phil Hughes’ curveball go?
riveraveblues.com 10/13/2009 — Like most (all?) of you guys, I spent my Sunday evening watching Phil Hughes pitch part of the 8th inning in the Yankees’ series clinching win over the Twins. And also like most of you, I was waiting for Hughes to throw either Denard Span or ...
The amazing, disappearing Phil Hughes
riveraveblues.com 8/28/2009 — You remember Phil Hughes right, that great young pitcher the Yankees have decided is more valuable out of the bullpen? Well, have you seen him lately? It seems that the team, or at least manager Joe Girardi, has decided that the best way to utilize ...
The (re)emergence of Phil Hughes
310tojoba.blogspot.com 7/27/2009 — The overhaul of the Yankees bullpen after months of woe and hand wringing has been one of the well-documented stories heading into the second half of the baseball season. Gone are Edwar Ramirez and Jose Veras. Instead, the casual Yankees fan gets to see a much more Aryan bullpen, anchored ...
What About Next Year?
fackyouk.blogspot.com 8/28/2009 — Mike from River Ave. Blues took a look at the under-utilization of Phil Hughes in the past month or so. Mike issue is with the fact that he hasn't been called on as of late, but I would like to add that the decision not to pitch him echoes into next season as well. Hughes has pitched 70 1/3 ...
Some Quick Phil Hughes Pitch F/X Analysis
mvn.com 10/29/2009 — Phil Hughes hasn't been his dominant self this postseason; that has been very well documented. So far, his line reads:
4.2 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 6 K.
That works out to a .557 BABIP, but it's not like he's been giving up weak hit balls. 35 percent of the batted balls against him have been ...
Hughes coming up huge in relief
lennysyankees.com 9/6/2009 — He was converted to a reliever in the beginning of June to temporarily make room for Chien-Ming Wang . But the Yankees could never remove Phil Hughes out of relief when they saw how good he was. Hughes has filled in for the injured Mariano Rivera twice in the last few days, and has nailed ...
Phil Hughes: The New York Yankees MVP…
theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com 8/15/2009 — While Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter will get MVP votes after the season, The Ghost of Moonlight Graham thinks the real MVP of the Yankees this season has been Phil Hughes.
Good read
The Phil Hughes Situation
310tojoba.blogspot.com 11/2/2009 — Look, nobody is more upset than me about the fall from grace of Phil Hughes. I've been a huge supporter of the guy since he first burst onto the scene as a big name prospect. He was an integral cog of the bullpen this year and I hope he'll be a big part of the starting rotation for a long, ...
Hughes setting up to be like Mo in '96 —
NY Post: Sports 9/14/2009
JOSE Veras's current designa tion is to frustrate the Indians, and Brian Bruney and Edwar Ramirez are brought in to mop up games with 10-run leads.
So here are our questions: Where would the Yankees be and -- more important -- where would they be...
