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waswatching.com - 7/1/2009
Phil Hughes Time Has Come
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Some thoughts on Phil Hughes, working out of the bullpen, via Peter Abraham today - Armed with the knowledge that he will be in the game for only an inning or two, [Phil] Hughes is throwing his fastball as hard as he did when he first came to the majors. “I feel like I have more ...
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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nypost.com - 6/30/2009
HUGHES PHIL-ING THE BILL AS BIG BRIDGE TO RIVERA
— nypost.com — > THE concentration Sunday night was on whether Chien-Ming Wang would earn his first win of 2009 and Mariano Rivera would record his 500th career save, so you might not have paid much attention to what occurred in between: Phil Hughes ... (more) HUGHES PHIL-ING THE BILL AS BIG BRIDGE TO RIVERA

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New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes rides scoreless streak into more important appearances
nj.com - 6/30/2009
New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes rides scoreless streak into more important appearances
— 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... (more) New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes rides scoreless ...

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The Yankee Universe:  The Phil Hughes Situation

lenNY's Yankees:  Phil Hughes to assume eighth inning role?

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The Phil Hughes Situation
The Yankee Universe — ... pretty clear from this quote that Hughes is going to stay in the majors for the rest of the season unless he falters out of the bullpen. The Yankees are going to do what is best for the 2009 team, and then stick Phil in the rotation to get 180 innings next season. While I have no problem with that, I think it is imperative that they use Phil properly in the majors. If they are going to delay his development, they need to maximize his value at the big league level. As Steve Lombardi states: ...

Phil Hughes to assume eighth inning role?
lenNY's Yankees — Joe Girardi continues to call Brian Bruney the setup man on this team, but after last night’s blown save in the eighth, Bruney might be degraded to middle relief. After watching Phil Hughes continue to dominate the sixth and seventh innings, it seems he could potentially replace Bruney for the more important eighth inning. WasWatching.com brings up a good point about using Hughes similar to the way the Yankees used Mariano Rivera in 1996. Have Hughes set up for the closer. Make the 8th ...

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Around the Yankee Universe: Phil Hughes edition
pinstripealley.com 6/30/2009 — More photos » by Tony Dejak - AP Phil Hughes Browse more photos » OK, so when do you guys start screaming that Phil Hughes should be the 8th inning guy? or ... gulp! ... ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Thanks to Phil Hughes we apparently have a new argument
pinstripealley.com 7/24/2009 — More photos » by Bill Kostroun - AP New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada congratulates Phil Hughes after he got the save as the Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3 in a baseball game Thursday, July 23, ...
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 ...
Could Phil Hughes turn into the next Joba Chamberlain for the New York Yankees?
nj.com 6/9/2009 — Colin Stephenson /The Star-Ledger Phil Hughes looked pretty comfortable out there in the seventh inning, protecting a one-run lead Monday night, didn't he? The 22-year-old righthander hit a season high 95 miles per hour on the radar gun and merely ...
Hughes has been nothing less than spectacular
feedproxy.google.com 6/25/2009 — Phil Hughes Entering this season, many Yankees fans were down on Phil Hughes. He showed us signs of greatness in some of his starts, but the constant injuries got in the way. Many fans dubbed this season as the year he had to break out and prove that he was worthy of all the hype. He is ...
Hughes has been nothing less then spectacular
nyyankeesrumors.com 6/25/2009 — Phil Hughes Entering this season, many Yankees fans were down on Phil Hughes. He showed us signs of greatness in some of his starts, but the constant injuries got in the way. Many fans dubbed this season as the year he had to break out and prove that he was worthy of all the hype. He is ...
Mariano, meet your successor
nydailynews.com 7/24/2009 — I’ve already gone on record saying that I believe Phil Hughes should be the Yankees’ next closer. What I saw tonight did nothing but confirm that belief. Hughes picked up his first big-league save with a pair of scoreless innings, ...
Hughes Ditches Changeup in New Relief Role
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 7/18/2009 — From Marc Carig : Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes is viewed as a future starter. No matter the results this season out of the bullpen -- so far the 23-year-old has been dominant -- general manager Brian Cashman insists there is no temptation to keep Hughes as a reliever. "None," Cashman said ...
Yankees Add Hinske as Reinforcement — NYT > Baseball 7/1/2009
The 2002 American League rookie of the year, who was acquired for two minor leaguers, can play a number of positions.
Melky Cabrera's Three RBIs Lead New York Yankees to Sixth Straight Win — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/1/2009
When Nick Swisher struck out with runners at the corners and nobody out in the second, it became Melky Cabrera's responsibility to drive in the Yankees' second run with an out. He did just that with a sacrifice fly to center. When Swisher popped ...
Rivera gets first career RBI- and 500th save — Newsday.com - Mets 7/1/2009
Those fans left in the sellout crowd of 41,315 at Citi Field last night for the ninth inning of the final game of the Subway Series saw something truly amazing, something you could never have predicted when Mariano Rivera joined the Yankees as a ...
Alex Rodriguez Under Pressure: Truly That Bad in the Clutch? — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/1/2009
Alex Rodriguez has been given grief for not succeeding in the clutch, but is that necessarily justified? Although he is having a poor season, likely due to his hip injury, Rodriguez has been clutch recently for the Yankees. His two-run ...
Joe Girardi Blows It Bigtime — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/1/2009
I'm not a guy who enjoys dogging Joe Girardi, not in the least bit possible. I love supporting him, even when people question every little decision he makes when the Yankees lose games. Being the manager in New York isn't a piece of cake, and ...