[0] “*the Yankees are not actually playing the 2011 Red Sox”

Where do I get the living heart muscle back?

I know a guy, but I’m not sure it’s entirely legal.

Wouldn’t we want the Yankees to play the 2011 Red Sox, or at least the September vintage of the 2011 Red Sox?

[1]  Dick Cheney may know.

[4] He’ll shoot you if you find out though.

So, I read in the last thread that Hughes sucks most at home. This should end well.

I’m working from home these days.  It’s good that no one keeps track of my splits.

[2] I can get you a heart, Dude. There are ways. You don’t want to know ‘em.

I will trade all of Hughes’ potential strike outs today for 6 innings and a least one less run than IP.

[9] I think it is adorable that you haven’t lost hope in Hughes yet.

[10] I think I’m clearly in the bargaining phase.

Who would have thought the package the Twins should have asked for Johan was AJax, IPK, and Marquez?

(Assuming they would have been allowed to flip Marquez and Punto for Nick Swisher)

Please release Nunez.  Off a cliff.

Glad Cano just had to have a day off his feet.

[11] Every Hughes start sends me through anger and eventually acceptance.

I don’t feel like Nunez’s bat is strong enough to make up for his god awful glove/arm.

[9] I’m just hoping for one less run than pitches thrown.

I’d like to thank Hughes for burying my hope early.

[16] But he made that throw look effortless.

How the living fuck is Girardi so terrible at defensive shifting? Every single opposing manager makes it seem like the easiest thing ever but I swear to god Girardi’s backfires every fucking time. Jesus.

DFA Hughes + Nunez

This is a joke

Teix’s head just exploded.

I can’t tell if Hughes is really bad or just pretty bad and really unlucky.

Girardi is a fucking moron. The Yankees SUCK. Phil Hughes sucks more

Have the Twins put up runs in the first in every game so far?

This is pretty pathetic.  Error aside, the Twins should not be putting up runs like this.

I hope this end The Phil Hughes Experiment once and for all.

Case Closed.

Can’t wait til the Yankees manage to put up [# of runs Hughes gives up less 1] and lose while ALMOST tying the game in the 9th inning. CAN’T WAIT!

I feel bad for Hughes. He sucks and his confidence is probably gone. A bad combination.

[27] I think a nice long stint in the BP (like for the rest of his career) is needed.

Hughes is making $3.2M to suck at his job. I don’t feel bad for him for one second.

If nothing else, that inning highlighted the futility in expecting good results from either Hughes or Nunez in their current roles.

Nothing like spotting the other team 3 or 4 runs EVERY game.

Is anyone else watching the game? The Yankees had the Ted Williams shift employed on DOUMIT and he simply hit a jam shot ground ball to a vacated shortstop for two RBI’s. Horrible managing.

[34] Right. In addition to Nunez being a jackass.  Hughes sucks but that inning was bullshit.

There’s a game on ? Shit. I thought we were still complaining about LAST night.

[34] I’m not sure this counts as a game. More like a self-demolition derby. I can’t stop watching, it’s a slow motion disaster, like watching the last several laps of a steeple chase.

Since when did the CT migrate from the 9th to the 1st?

Grandy got a hold of that one.

Yeah, Hughes is bad but he plain and simple deserved to give up zero runs in that inning. Unearned runs might not have any predictive use but those runs shouldn’t have happened. I’m sure he’ll give up at least three or four more runs that are earned in the next couple innings, so I’m saving some complaints.

I predict someone will come in towards the end of this mess and chastise us for not having a positive, sunny attitude.

[37] by which I presume you mean Hughes should be rendered for glue?

I really cant remember the shift actually working for the Yankees.  Like ever.  I hate how big a hole they actually leave open at second base where Cano normally would play.

Compounding that frustration is how often Teix hits right into it.

Whatever Teixeira.

Ned RYERSON?

The game score on the right of mlb.tv is ahead of the game which is behind pitch f/x…

This is irritating.

Only eleventy more runs to cover for the runs Hughes gives up over the next 2+ innings.

You have to be very stupid to play Nuñez and Ibañez on the field the same day.

And the Yanks almost answer back yet again!

[45] BING!!

[40] You have a point, but only partially. He followed it up with a 3 batter sequence of Walk, Single, Double. That’s 2 runs that should go down as earned.

He’s terrible, but really, Nunez cost him a single run. He did the rest of the damage to himself.

Hughes wasn’t responsible for the single with the bases loaded and it wasn’t bad luck either, it was a stupid shift. You can’t put your SS behind the 2nd base bag and your 3rd baseman close to 3rd base.

Ibanez tracked that fly with the grace of a rhinoceros.

[53] There was a thundering, awkward grace about that. Almost Merman-esque.

[52] OK, but Nunez isn’t responsible for the shift being on.

My point is mainly that Nunez shouldn’t be tagged with ALL of the blame.

[55] Of course he’s not responsible for all the runs. He is only responsible for one out and that’s it.

It would be nice if Nunez would stop hitting so well, so the Yankees could get rid of his defense.

If Nuñez hits 400/500/750 and steals 40 bases maybe he could be a 2 WAR player if he plays the infield every day

Nunez !!! (I’m on mlb.tv)

Nunez for DH?

Pushing 100 pitches combined. This game isn’t going to end before dawn.

Grandy!!!!

Twins broadcast is dead silent!

Crushed.

Pull Hughes now. Bring in Phelps and the Prevent Defense. Mo for 3. We need this game, and the Townies are gonna ceremony us to death tomorrow anyway.

Two out rallies are my favorite kinds of rallies.

Lets get hot for this Fenway series please

What’d I miss? How’s PH look? Oh!

Jamey Carroll is starting to piss me off.

You know, if we can just score 3 an inning, we can get back into this game in a hurry.

I can’t believe I am feeling this, but I have a feeling that Hughes will win this game, will earn it too.

Yay Granderson!

[71] don’t tempt fate.

Hughes should be a star in the bullpen. Throwing 95 mph FBs and with pitch count not being an issue, he could dominate the way he did in 2009.

Martin keeps getting on base. He is a keeper

It must feel terrible to be outpitched by Phil Hughes.

c’mon Nooney. Show us one of those non-out things.

Hughes’ repertoire is so much better today, that obviously makes his FB better, getting more swings and misses with it

Yay Granderson!

Holy George Herman Grandoise.

Granderson is totally fucking cooked.

Still not Joba-proof.

Yay Kevin Long?
Granderson with at least two more PA to try for something even more rare.

Hey, guys!
Haven’t caught up on the thread, but I wanted to ask - are we worried about Granderson yet?

9. Posted at 6:02:59 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012 by Snuggles the (F) Unfortunate Porcupine (TX)

I will trade all of Hughes’ potential strike outs today for 6 innings and a least one less run than IP.

I’m glad the baseball gods accepted this bargain.

[83] The injury that put Granderson on the DL and allowed him to rebuild his swing took place at Nerdfest. So we helped make him who he is.

[85] He hasn’t completed 6 innings yet.

[87] He also got Ks. I’m OK with the compromise.

Time to get him out

Well, couldn’t see that coming.

Well… I almost expected that.

Bad Hughes!

Well, thanks for coming out, Phil.

hmmmm, reasons for optimism—lots of swinging strikes tonight from Phil!

I am really starting to hate Joe Girardi.

Geniuses like Joe Girardi or Bobby Valentine may not make the best managers.
Well, ignoring the fact that Maddon ruins that theory.

I’d say Hughes has staved off the BP for another start, don’t know if he deserves it. But he’ll get it.

If Boone Logan succeeds the starter in every single game, I imagine he’ll set a record for appearances.
//Proctored

Another for out “Pushing Your Luck” File.

[97] That was a fine start. It’s annoying to me that Hughes is afraid of Justin Morneau. It’s really annoying to me that old Flat Top though it was worth squeezing another inning out of the guy. He really pitched quite well after the first.