Happy 4th!
boogiedownbaseball.blogspot.com 7/4/2009 — Sorry for not posting after yesterday's game. My friend Joe and I took a little road trip to Erie, PA to check out the Trenton Thunder. They crushed the Seawolves 10-1. I also got Jesus Montero's autograph. Good times. Yesterday's game in a nutshell: A.J. was again the man. Hughes is in, ...

Around the Yankee Universe: Brian Bruney edition
pinstripealley.com 7/1/2009 — More photos » by Bill Kostroun - AP Brian Bruney Browse more photos » Our New York Yankees were very fortunate to win last night after Brian Bruney imploded in the eighth ...

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 ...

Hughes Getting Very Comfortable in the Pen
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 7/1/2009 — Here's a quote from Hughes about his new role, via Peter Abraham : "I feel like I have more control, my stuff plays up a little bit," Hughes said. "It feels like a good fit for me. Who's to say what the future will be? Maybe this is what I do for the rest of my career." Still, Hughes sees the ...

A tale of two pitchers
riveraveblues.com 7/1/2009 — On April 26, 2007, the Yankees found themselves without a starting pitcher, and so a few months — or possibly a year — ahead of schedule, they handed the ball over to a 20-year-old right-hander named Phil Hughes . A few months later, on August 7, ...

All the pieces could be coming together
soxandpinstripes.com 6/29/2009 — Often times on this site we have talked about how Baseball has many twists and turns throughout the span of a 162 game season. It's impossible to know anything is for certain. The majority of predictions we make in the preseason will look foolish by November if we only went back and checked up ...

No second-guess here; Hughes should have stayed in
nydailynews.com 7/1/2009 — I’m not a big second-guesser most of the time, since I have to assume that most managers know more about baseball than I do. But I first-guessed Joe Girardi’s decision to bring in Brian Bruney for Phil Hughes and still don’t really ...

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! ... ...

Phil Hughes to assume eighth inning role?
lennysyankees.com 7/1/2009 — 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 ...

Yankees Keep The Winning Streak Alive With 8-5 Victory Over Mariners
boogiedownbaseball.blogspot.com 7/1/2009 — Once I saw that the start of tonight's game was going to be delayed by rain, I had no intention of blogging after it ended. But it was a great win so how could I not? The team pulled Brian Bruney's ass out of the fire. He came in and absolutely sucked but the boys picked him up with some late ...

Cabrera hits key double, Yanks win 6th straight — Boston.com -- Baseball News 7/1/2009
Melky Cabrera hit a go-ahead double in the eighth inning and Mariano Rivera tossed out the first ball -- and threw the final pitch -- as the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 8-5 Tuesday night for their sixth straight win.

Yankees 8, Mariners 5: After Bullpen Hiccups, Yankees Pull Out a Win — NYT > Baseball 7/1/2009
For an official scorer to disqualify a reliever for a victory, the pitcher must be brief and ineffective. A footnote to the scoring guidelines states that if a pitcher works a full inning, his outing cannot be considered brief.

Cabrera, Jeter get key hits as Yanks down Mariners — Newsday.com - Yankees 7/1/2009
Brian Bruney didn't do the job as Joe Girardi's bridge to Mariano Rivera, but the Yankees' offense bailed out all parties last night.

Mariano saves day for Bruney, Yankees — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 7/1/2009
The Yankees escaped with an 8-5 win over the Mariners despite a horrendous 8th by Brian Bruney, who coughed up a two-run lead. The Bombers responded with four straight hits, including Melky Cabrera's go-ahead single.

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 ...