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Hughes A Better Option Than The Rocket
Feb 01, 2007 | 12:10AM | report this
Phil Hughes to me would be a much better option than Roger Clemens.  Didn't the Yankees learn from their dealings with Unit and ####?  How much worse could Hughes do than Rocket?  Even if the Yankees made Hughes their 5th starter and limited him to a pitch count of 85 or so and he gave them 5-6 innings, in my mind it would be a younger, cheaper just as effictive solution to their pitching staff.  What more is a 45 year old Clemens going to do other than come back to the American League and give the Yankees essentially what Randy Johnson did and maybe worse and get paid a gazillion dollars to be a five inning pitcher with a 5.00 ERA?  This is a perfect spot for Hughes, he'll have less pressure as the 5th starter, they'll be able to groove him into the rotation at a steady pace and he'll undoubtadely infuse some youth and energy into the staff, just as his rotation-mates did once upon a time in Andy Pettitte and Chien-Ming Wang.
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MikeGwizdala
My name is Mike Gwizdala and I live in Albany, N.Y. The Capitol of the Empire State. I'm probably the biggest most knowledgeable
, opinionated sports fan I know. First and foremost I'm an avid, die-hard New York Yankees fan. For those of you who don't know Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte amongst others all played their Double-A ball in Albany.
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