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Hughes represents Yankees' new direction

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- It isn't often in life that we can see the future. But the New York Yankees can. And its name is Phil (Don't Call Me Philip) Hughes. But not just because Baseball America ranked this 20-year-old buzz-master as the No. 2 pitching prospect in the whole sport, behind only Daisuke Matsuzaka. And not just because a bunch of Yankees legends have been tossing around a torrent of "young Rocket" Roger Clemens comparisons all spring. ...

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