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So maybe that didn't go quite as well as we hoped, but Phil Hughes' Major League debut was decidedly not terrible. We'll break it down over the course of the next day, and it looks now as though Hughes will start on Tuesday in Texas. For now, I want to bring you a few points from 20-year-old Phil Hughes' first Major League start, Sergio Leone style. Another yankees blog about Hughes

The Dolan Family, owners of the New York Knicks, have expressed interest in buying the New York Yankees. What?! If you think the Yankees are a laughingstock now, you'll die of mirth if the Dolans get their hands on the team.

he big news was/is Phil Hughes' major league debut, which saw him pinned with a loss. Watching the game, Hughes showed flashes of what excites people about him, fastball command and a plus curveball. He pitched better than his overall line would show, go ahead and call me an apologist if you would like, but due to a combination of poor timing on hits, some questionable ball/strike...

New York had a brief glimpse into the future as twenty year old rookie phenom Phil Hughes took the mound to make his Major League debut against the Toronto Blue Jays. In a questionable move by the organization to sidestep the planned development course of baseball's number one pitching prospect, the call-up came as an inevitable move with the Yankees current injury plagued rotation.

THIS is not just about 8-13 anymore or being 6 1/2 games behind Boston less than a month into the season or being unable to beat the Red Sox head-to-head. This is now also about what happens around the Yankees, even in April, when so much goes wrong so quickly. So already we are pretty much beginning this Yankee season where the last one left off in October - with Joe Torre in trouble.

When Yankees Manager Joe Torre came to the edge of the mound take the ball from Phil Hughes on Thursday, he told him, "We'll see you out here again."

Kei Igawa might still prove to be a bad move in the never-ending chess game between the Yankees and the Red Sox but, at least for one day, he proved that he's capable of pitching in the Major Leagues:

AJ Burnett shut down the Yankee bats tonight. The only thing fans at The Stadium could cheer about was Phil Hughes, who struck out 5 in 4 1/3 innings.