nydailynews.com - 7/2/2009
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Assuming Phil Hughes continues to dominate as he has in short relief, do the Yankees really want to waste his talent on the middle innings? Or for that matter warming up in the bullpen and not getting a call - as was the case Wednesday?
lohud.com - 7/1/2009
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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 ...
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Hughes provides welcome relief for Yankees | lohud.com | ...
nj.com - 6/30/2009
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nj.com —
Jim McIsaac/GettyPhil Hughes has pitched 7 1/3 scoreless
innings over his last five bullpen appearances. NEW YORK...
-- With the tying run on second with two outs in the sixth inning, Phil Hughes was called upon. One pitch later, he...
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New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes rides scoreless ...
newyork.yankees.mlb.com - 6/29/2009
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By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com 06/29/09 2:44 PM
ET Phil Hughes has been dominant in relief and...
seems to have found "something" that wasn't there as a starter. Maybe this is what he is and they found it by accident. What do you think? -- Paul P., Copley, Pa. ...
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Pinstripe Alley —
... throwing extremely well," Bruney told The Post before the Yankees defeated Seattle, 4-2, at the Stadium. "But the rest of our bullpen is [also] throwing extremely well. If they want to throw anybody in the eighth inning, it's fine. I don't care. I'm not here to be the eighth-inning guy and worry about that."
Mark Feinsand of the Daily News continued his call for to eschew the 'paint by the numbers' approach. Bill Madden joined the chorus of those who want to see Hughes in the eighth.
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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.
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