New York Yankees prized farmhands Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy have both been on the disabled list since Bob Shepherd's high school days and even some of the most ardent Bombers fans are perplexed at how such minuscule injuries could shelve the two rookies for such extended periods of time.
Yankees Manager Joe Girardi stressed last week that Kennedy (0-3, 7.41 ERA), 23, who had been sipping pina coladas since early-May with a strained right lat muscle before starting for Class A Tampa 2 weeks ago, is no longer rehabilitating his wound.
"This is him getting right," Girardi said. "He's not on the D.L. now. This is him earning his way back, just like the other 175 players or so in the minors."
Meanwhile, Hughes (0-4, 9.00 ERA), 22, is expected to lounge around until September with a strained oblique and cracked rib that was first identified in April.
Many question with reason how such benign scratches have essentially cost the Bombers ballyhooed arms an entire major league baseball season.
In actuality, the answer is quite elementary and simple. "Ike's" and "Phil Franchise's" traumas are as legitimate as Pam Anderson's tits and Yankee brass is doing everything in their powers to keep the kids from further embarrassing themselves on the professional level.
One will believe what they choose to. But, that is the truth of the matter and sometimes the truth hurts. Well, the truth definitely hurts more than the youngsters nicks.
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