Tigers roar back after Yankees start strong

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Baseball Today: Friday, May 2
Published 5/2/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... The Yankees lost to the Tigers 8-4 last night, completing a three-game Detroit sweep. (New York Daily News) The Yanks also announced that not only is Phil Hughes indeed injured -- some (guilty as charged) were skeptical after the clumsy way they handled things Wednesday -- ...

An inconveniently ugly truth
Published 5/2/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
Another loss yesterday -- this one 8-4 at the hands of the Tigers, who completed a three-game sweep at the Stadium against a very shaky Ian Kennedy . Here's the thing: the Yanks are 14-16 after 30 games, three games out of first place (behind the Rays and Red Sox). In 2007, after 30 games, the Yanks were 14-16 and six games out of first place -- and they still made the playoffs. So what's different? A lot. A-Rod isn't going have the best month of his career, like he did last April. The team can't plan on getting get any production from its rookie pitchers ...