Yeah. He’s a decent 5th Starter. But I wish we had more Aces the 4th place team in our division though.

Very nice game by Phil Huggies.

I can’t wait until his next start.

I forget who was asking about getting MLV.TV on your TV instead of your computer but…

http://kotaku.com/5521655/

Phil reflected on the Texas start when he got one out in the 7th and hoped something like that wouldn’t happen again.

Fuse was electric. His 4th scheduled start of the season should be Sunday May 2nd, and I am still hoping to form a second strike team to attend that game as a part 2 for Nerdfest. (Hint, hint)

Just finished watching on the dvr.  That was one hell of a game.  How many swinging strikes did Phil get?

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk the one game I miss watching.

[7] I counted 15 on Gameday.

Messages on the DNYS Video Board must be called in at least one week in advance. We need to get on that in the next two days.

Amazing! 10 Ks! 1 hit and 2 BBs through 7 and 1/3! Yay Phil!

Working with a fastball that consistently sat around 93-94 mph…

I think this might be the last straw for Steve Lombardi.

And from sd’s link in [4]:

I don’t know. $100 a year for baseball games sounds crazy.

Actually, $50 for a video game sounds crazy to me.  I just hope that nobody who already had a PS3 went out and sprang for a Roku box just to be able to stream MLB.TV to their TV.  Also, I assume that Xbox will have to follow suit soon.

I fell asleep during the fifth inning (one sam adams too many) and woke up on my couch to see Hughes’s parents being interviewed and for a brief moment, I was hopeful that he had finished the no-no.  Hell of a game by Hughes.  I was really stunned at what a small decline there was in his stuff relative to what he brought in the bullpen last year.  Maybe a tick or two off the fastball, but still lots of life and LOTS of foolish swings.

Messages on the DNYS Video Board must be called in at least one week in advance.

The Yankees welcome Nerdfest 2010: finally out of mom’s basement and watching a real baseball game.

For those wondering, here is the total extent of Lombardi’s post:

Let me be the first to say it here now…

Phil Hughes was amazing in this game!

The second sentence is a link to the mlb.com page for the game.

Almost disappointing…

OT: Park Factors for balls and strikes?

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2010/4/19/1305172/how-much-do-we-really-know-about

think this might be the last straw for Steve Lombardi

I thought he had given up?  Didn’t he put up a post wherein he basically said he’s not really a Yankees fan anymore?  Waaaaah, as usual.

Hughes was great.  Sadly, I only saw the first 3 innings b/c I had to get to sleep.  But could tell he was gonna be fine.  That Oakland lineup is pretty punchless and Hughes had his A stuff.  93-94 on the fastball, just blowing it by them.  Then he was mixing in the cutter and curve.  Sweet.

Yankee Stadium Welcoms the East River Surf and Fishing Club.

OT: Park Factors for balls and strikes?

How Pitch-FX gets calibrated is one of those things that has worried me, but I’ve never bothered to look into it.

[18] That’s just outstanding work.

I’d wait until he faces a plus hitting club.

But yay mo.

Yankee Stadium Welcomes the East River Stats Scuba Team!

Yankee Stadium welcomes NerdFest.
Mom’s basement is crying.
 
 
 
Exercise the demons!
I’d prefer to exorcise them, but - whatever.

If the Yankees have a lead late in the game, who do you think will be the “closer”?

Robertson or Aceves?

I don’t have an edit function - I’d change [23] to:
 
“Cinderblocks are crying.”

I’d prefer Robertson but I don’t think he’s pitched in the last week.

Sweeney Murti mentioned this on WFAN last night:

Phil Hughes has made 30 ML starts since 2007. In 1/3 of his starts he has allowed 4 hits or less going at least 6 IP.

Do you think Marte has a shot?

Sabathia’s complete game shutout will make this talk of closers moot.

[29]  CC should be nicely rested, especially considering his abbreviated outing last time.  Speaking of him, there’s something of a CC Ballwashing over at Fangraphs that’s worth a read.

Derek Jeter SS
Nick Johnson 1B
Mark Teixeira DH
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Marcus Thames LF
Francisco Cervelli C
Brett Gardner CF

LHP CC Sabathia

Fun with sample sizes:

Sabathia career OPS: .660
Teixeira 2010 OPS: .493

CC should be hitting cleanupthird!

Would Pettitte be available to pitch an inning today?

Edit: Oops, comment deleted because of poor vision.

Am I the only one who didn’t realize Chad Moeller was back at the SWB Yankees?  I guess they didn’t like Rivera that much, and/or his injury is lingering?  And poor P.J. Pilittere…I think this DOES indicate that the Yankees will *not* bring Montero up at this time if there is an injury to a C…maybe later, but probably not now.

[35] I think it was that the timing of Moeller’s release coincided with Rivera’s injury.

Because I can’t fix a headline, I will do it in comments:

Yankees.com: Electric Hughes Fuse nearly no-hits A’s

Yay Fuse!

look if Hughes is that good, he’s clearly being wasted in the rotation and should be moved permanently and irrevocably to THE ATE.