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Archive for April 15th, 2010

Phil Hughes’  long-awaited return to the rotation was kind of an enigma. Although he certainly had good stuff, he was somewhat inefficient, needing 108 pitches over 5+ innings. Strangely, it seemed as if Hughes pitched ahead for most of the night, but then selectively nibbled. For example, after giving up a second inning HR to Hideki Matsui on a […]

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Phil Hughes makes his long anticipated 2010 debut after throwing a couple of simulated games while awaiting his start. Meanwhile, Angels’ lefty Scott Kazmir is also making his season debut. Kazmir had been on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring.  According to Joe Girardi, Hughes will not be on a modified pitch count, […]

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The most remarkable thing about yesterday’s 5-3 loss to the Angels was something that didn’t happen: no one hit a HR. Last year, Yankee Stadium did not host a homerless contest until June 18, 2009, the 35th home game of the season. In fact, that was the only homerless game at Yankee Stadium all season. […]

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Yesterday, Craig Calcaterra slammed Yankees fans for being classless and arrogant. Why? Because they supposedly booed Javier Vazquez during yesterday’s game. These boos are almost certainly a function of people thinking back to 2004, which is amazingly weak given that, you know, the team just won the World Series five months ago. For a fan base […]

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