Hughes excited to pitch again at Yankee Stadium
Phil Hughes predicts that when he faces Derek Jeter this weekend, it will be a little different than the last Nike NFL jerseys online time he pitched to his former New York Yankees teammate. ''I was strictly told to throw fastballs away because they didn't want me to hit him, '' Hughes said Friday, recalling when he took the mound for the
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Yankees in an exhibition against Jeter's World Baseball Classic squad in 2008. ''I don't think I have to do that this time. ''
This time comes Sunday, when Hughes is scheduled to start for the Twins in the series finale. He is excited to pitch at Yankee Stadium for the first time since signing a three-year, $24 million free-agent deal with Minnesota last winter. Hughes wants to treat this outing like any of his other steady starts this season, one in which he's Wholesale mlb Jerseys won five straight decisions, but he recognizes it might be a little different facing old friends.
After all, he was drafted by the Yankees with the 23rd pick in 2004 and then played in pinstripes for seven seasons. ''There's going to be some weird at-bats, '' Hughes said. A highly touted prospect with a lively fastball, Hughes arrived in the big leagues in 2007 at 20 with high expectations, even earning comparisons to Roger Clemens. But the laid-back California boy never quite met those standards.
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Yankees in an exhibition against Jeter's World Baseball Classic squad in 2008. ''I don't think I have to do that this time. ''
This time comes Sunday, when Hughes is scheduled to start for the Twins in the series finale. He is excited to pitch at Yankee Stadium for the first time since signing a three-year, $24 million free-agent deal with Minnesota last winter. Hughes wants to treat this outing like any of his other steady starts this season, one in which he's Wholesale mlb Jerseys won five straight decisions, but he recognizes it might be a little different facing old friends.
After all, he was drafted by the Yankees with the 23rd pick in 2004 and then played in pinstripes for seven seasons. ''There's going to be some weird at-bats, '' Hughes said. A highly touted prospect with a lively fastball, Hughes arrived in the big leagues in 2007 at 20 with high expectations, even earning comparisons to Roger Clemens. But the laid-back California boy never quite met those standards.
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