From Mike Puma: Brian Bruney isn't launching a campaign to keep his eighth-inning job.The inconsistent Yankee reliever yesterday stopped short of saying he'd welcome a new role, but also made it known he wouldn't lose sleep if manager Joe Girardi were to make Phil Hughes the team's primary eighth-inning option."Hughes is throwing extremely well," Bruney told The Post before the Yankees defeated Seattle, 4-2, at the Stadium. "But the rest of our bullpen is [also] throwing extremely well. If they want to throw anybody in the eighth inning, it's fine. I don't care. I'm not here to be the eighth-inning guy and worry about that." "I can sit here and be 100-percent honest and say I don't care what inning I pitch," Bruney said. "It does not matter to me."[Rivera] is throwing the ninth inning -- we know that. Anything else does not concern me."I don't know if it's Girardi or just the culture of being a Yan...
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