On a day when everything seemed right in Yankees Universe...
- Broadcaster and Yankee legend Bobby Murcer returned to play-by-play after spending the off-season fighting brain cancer.
- Frank Torre, older brother of Yankees manager Joe, underwent a successful kidney transplant operation.
- The Yankee bats woke up, putting a hurtin' on Texas' Kameron Loe.
- And the Bronx Bombers' best prospect, righthander Phillip Hughes, was throwing a no-hitter.
Clearly, something needed to go wrong. And it did. With one out in the seventh inning, Hughes felt a "pop" in his left hamstring and was forced to leave the game. He'll have an MRI when the Yankees return to New York later this week and is expected to miss four to six weeks.
The upside?
The Yankees didn't want to bring Hughes to the majors in April; injuries to Mike Mussina, Carl Pavano and Jeff Karstens forced their hand. They would have preferred to give him a little more seasoning in the minors and limit the overall number of pitches he'd throw in this, his first season above the AA level. Now, Brian Cashman and company won't be tempted to make Hughes the savior of the 2007 season. And if they are able to right the ship over the next month or so, they'll have a live young arm to add to the staff for the stretch drive, without putting Hughes' future success at risk.
Originally published at About Baseball
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