There's Still Hope: I-Ken Starts His AAA Trip Off With a Bang

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There's Still Hope: I-Ken Starts His AAA Trip Off With a Bang
Yankees Chick found this 5/7/2008 on sports.aol.com [flag]
Ian Kennedy and Phil Hughes have put the Yanks (not to mention us fans) through a lot of heartaches and headaches this year, leading many to question all those scouting reports that made them out to be can't-miss stars. Hughes recused himself by fracturing a rib, thus avoiding both the ever-increasing pressure and/or embarrassing and confidence-shattering move to the bullpen or AAA. The ... [link]

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There's Still Hope: I-Ken Starts His AAA Trip Off With a Bang
Published 5/7/2008 by Yankees Chick at Yankees Chick
... waste any time showing the Yanks that he's still got the talent we all saw last year. In his Scranton debut today he went 7.1 innings, gave up just one hit (he had a no-hitter going through 5 2/3), struck out eight and didn't walk a soul (although he did hit a dude) and threw 90 pitches. Rather than sinking into a depression or beating himself up about being sent down, IPK is using his time wisely to show the Yanks that he can and will turn things around when he is recalled. ...

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Top first: Strong first inning for Ian Kennedy who threw 10 pitches, eight of them fastballs. He missed outside with his first pitch, then threw two called strikes before a weak flyout to left. Next batter grounded out to short on the first pitch. No. ...
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Yankees Send Ian Kennedy to Minors

Yankees Chick found this 5/7/2008 on sports.aol.com

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Ian Kennedy is great … at AAA

ETVal posted 5/7/2008 from www.bugsandcranks.com

From Peter Abraham’s LoHud Yankees Blog, here is Ian Kennedy’s line while pitching for Scranton Monday night. * 7.1 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs 0 walks, 8 strikeouts. Kennedy threw 90 pitches, 58 for strikes. Thanks for nothing there, Ian! Chad Jennings, SWB beat writer for the Times-Tribune said in his blog that Kennedy made Charlotte’s hitters “look like dopes.” So, what did that prove?
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Kennedy enjoys a major reversal

Projo Sox Blog found this 5/7/2008 on www.nydailynews.com

Perhaps getting away from the Bronx is all Ian Kennedy needed to pitch like the pitcher the Yankees expected him to be this season.
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Kennedy Makes Most of His Trip to Minors

Singapore Sox Fan found this 5/7/2008 on www.nytimes.com

Kei Igawa will start in Ian Kennedy’s place in Detroit on Friday, and the Yankees hope Igawa will keep his pitches down in the strike zone.
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