Number Change

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Phil’s new digits
Published 1/31/2008 by Ben K. at River Ave. Blues
... Phil Hughes, fan of the Food Network, says he’s getting a new number but can’t say what it is yet. Our money’s on 45. Anyone want to tell Carl Pavano he has to give up the jersey number he never uses? ...

Hughes to change his number
Published 1/31/2008 by Andrew Fletcher at Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog
Phil Hughes, now safe from the swirling trade winds, informs us that he is planning on changing his uniform number, which is currently No. 65. He has said in the past that he likes numbers that end in five. However, the selection of numbers that fit that criteria are rather slim with the Yankees. Jason Giambi (No. 25), Mike Mussina (No. 35) and Carl Pavano (No. 45) are in the last year of their contracts. Hideki Matsui (No. 55) has two years remaining. I wonder which ...

Don't Buy That #65 Jersey Just Yet
Published 1/31/2008 by Mantlemurcer at My Pinstripes
... After originally stating that he would keep his #65 this season, Phil Hughes has had a change of heart. He revealed his intentions on his website, though he hasn't selected (been given) a new number just yet. ...

Phil Hughes Happy to Remain in Pinstripes
Published 1/31/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
... Phil has also decided to change his number. He said on his blog today that a number change is in the works, but he's not sure what the new number will be. ...

Hughes To Follow Pavano?
Published 1/31/2008 by WW Staff at WasWatching.com
Phil Hughes is hinting that he's up for a change in uniform number. Reportedly, Hughes "wears 65 because he wanted to wear a number ending in five, and every lower number ending in five was taken or retired" on the Yankees. Hmmm, when you add this up, it sounds like Phil is going after Carl Pavano's #45. The last 5 Yankees pitchers to wear #45 have been: Jason Anderson, Felix Heredia, Armando Benitez, Felix Heredia and Carl Pavano. It's not exactly a recent good luck number for Yankees pitchers. If it's true that Hughes is going for #45, I ...

Yankees News & Notes- January 31st, 2008
Published 2/1/2008 by Paul M. Fiore at Yankees Tonight
... earlier in the month of January for more depth at first base. I guess the Yankees are really making this 1B position a priority. Now Ensberg will have to compete for that 1B position spot with Jason Giambi , Shelley Duncan , Wilson Betemit , and Jason Lane. Also today, Yankees RHP Phil Hughes revealed on his blog (which I had a chance to read this entry) that he would like to change his uniform number . His current number is #65. I really hope nobody bought his jersey just yet. Hughes did mention he likes numbers that end in five. Now that's slim with the Yankees unless ...

Odds and Ends
Published 2/1/2008 by jscape2000 <info@pinstripealley.com> at Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts
The Yankees added Morgan Ensberg to the 1B mix. The minor league deal is good news for Yankee fans, bad news for Shelley Duncan (who hit .245/.305/.434 after his first week in the league). The NY Times has a can't miss piece on Brian Cashman. Phil Franchise is changing his uniform number. What number do you think Phil should ask for? 19 makes a lot of sense, but for a while the Yanks were working a 2 into all of the homegrown uniforms and I liked that. 2 is Jeter, 12 is available. 20 is Jorge, 21 I'm still holding out ...

Another Prospect List, Phil Hughes, Big Day
Published 2/4/2008 by EJ Fagan at Pending Pinstripes
... Betances 7. Jesus Montero 8. Daniel McCutchen 9. Humberto Sanchez 10. Jeff Marquez 11. Juan Miranda 12.  Jon Albaladejo 13. Brett Gardner 14. Ross Ohlendorf 15. Kevin Whelan Albaladejo is an interesting addition here. Its hard to argue with a reliever with his kind of ridiculous control. At the very least, that’ll make him effective at the major league level. -  Phil Hughes is a fan of Alton Brown. I couldn’t ask for a better televised-mentor for a young ...

Super Bowl Party, Now Boarding
Published 2/5/2008 by Paul Lukas at Uni Watch
... (with thanks to Morris Levin). … Phil Hughes will soon have a new uniform number. Sez who? Sez Phil Hughes (although I wouldn’t have known about it if Tyler Kepner hadn’t pointed it out to me). … ...

Real baseball is close... we promise
Published 2/7/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... bad. It's an extremely interesting idea, and a fairly solid business concept. We think this will be revisited, either by Newsom or another minor leaguer with some business savvy. Phil Hughes checks in and says he's heading to Daytona Beach this weekend with Shelley Duncan and Ian Kennedy to experience NASCAR's Budweiser Shootout as a guest of Michael Waltrip. That sentence is one sentence more than we ever hoped to write about NASCAR in this space. Hughes plans to ditch his #65 jersey next season, in favor of what will most likely be, ...

Good idea or an accident waiting to happen?
Published 2/7/2008 by Beth Frauenhoffer at Yankees Chick
... again until 2100.  I think it was odd considering all that's currently swirling with the Mitchell Report that ANY Yankee fan would want him.  It seems we're having enough of an issue with that right now, with players that are not Barry Bonds. | | | Also, a bit of a news hodge-podge:  Tino Martinez returns to the Yankees....no, not as a player. | Brian Bruney signs 1-year contract with Yankees | Phil Hughes to change his uniform number (take Pavano's please!) | ...