[Mr Crunchy]

i think the pressure on hughes and kennedy has been expanded due to the trade rumors with santana and the fact that the sox youngsters have stepped up while fredo steinbrenner does the lithium shuffle wondering why joba chamberlain cant bat cleanup while starting every other game.
the yanks have hit stride about the same time offensively as we have but over the long haul our staff is deeper and more consistant and should hold out.
hughes broke a rib but nobody knows how?
its murder to cough with a broken rib but to pitch it must be brutality.
maybe he needs geritol or perhaps some type of female osteo supplement for his brittleness,didnt he spend some time on the dl last year for a bone break of somekind in his leg??
anyway
as far as cant miss goes its just not in stone
the boy may have the most talent of any young arm in the game but the blossoming of young pitchers is a delicate road to travel and the bronx a hard place to find sympathy if the guy you were to be dealt for is pitching well in queens...
he may be in oakland in august if he doesnt perform
the idea of the ny media and the steinbrenners being patient with phil hughes is pure fantasy
the average ny baseball fan has the attention span of pocket lint and after 13 years of making the playoffs they may not be able to handle finishing out of the running as phil hughes learns the ropes while taking the lumps that go with it...