PHILS LIKE TIME FOR A DEMOTION

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Baseball Today: Wednesday, April 30
Published 4/30/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... . (New York Daily News) The Post's Joel Sherman is the first to call for Hughes to be sent back to the minor leagues, and the Daily News' John Harper thinks it will take ...

Bronx Banter: Cold Yanks Fall Flat
Published 4/30/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... the game (the last pitch was over his head), in an undisciplined at bat that has become all too common this year. The Yanks left 13 men on base and deserved to lose the game. Final score. Tigers 6, Yanks 4 . There was more bad news. Phil Hughes pitched poorly and was booed off the mound in the fourth inning. Our old pal Sheff ripped a curveball for a two-run dinger . He is now 0-4 with a 9.00 ERA and the talk is whether or not he should be demoted to Triple A . Alex Rodriguez was placed on the 15-day DL and while there is no ...

Yankeeland is hurting
Published 4/30/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... Clearly, the abuse he's taking from opposing lineups is taking at least a mental (if not physical) toll on the youngster. We'd agree, Hughes looks a bit rattled on the mound, but at the same time, he's handling everything with great maturity. If Hughes continues to get pounded at the major league level, perhaps a chance to catch his breath in Scranton would do him some good in the long term. Joel Sherman seems to think so . The silver linings are hard to find today, but at least we were treated to 3.1 scoreless frames from Ross Ohlendorf , who struck out five. In all, the ...