Like Robin Williams said, "Canada is like a loft above a really great party. Keep it down, eh?!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_of_the_Future

Oh, and Emma, I'll be at the game as well. I think my tickets are for Tier 16, but I'll find me a better seat somewhere. I bought Hughes-debut tickets as soon as I found out. Maybe I'll see you there?

Rag headlines?

Hopefully they won't have the opportunity to run: You Hughes, You Loose
or Aw-Phil!

If he's good maybe:
Phil-anthropy Starts At Home

yeah, that'll sell some papers.

7 nice pun & working in of frank/NYC.

the tabloid headline writers, if they had any sense, would be scanning this blog for good material - way better than the usual "Andy is Dandy" groan-fest

"Hughes' incorporation rocks the boat"

If he has a good outing:

"Hughes lets the dogs out over Jays"

.... hmmm ...

"Philibustered" ?
"Philip Service"?

4 I'm in section 282 I think. What the hell, it's a tax deduction, and I haven't been down there in years...

5 "Aw-Phil!" is brilliant.

Phil Huge!

I'm not very creative, so I'll take the easy way out and suggest the Times's headlines if Hughes pitches well:

"Hughes Impressive in Debut as Yanks Top Jays 8-2"

and if its a bad game:

"Hughes Rocked in First Start, Yanks Lose to Jays"

"Blues Cruise, Hughes Bruised, Yanks Lose"

"Phil Fits Bill, Chills Blue Bills"

And Emma, it's a shame Hughes' Debut's not at the Trop. If it were, Phil could feed the entire crowd with twenty hot dogs. Of course, some of them would have to share.

19 Hughes Karim Garcia?

Then: PHORGETPHIL (pic: Hughes hanging head walking from mound)

If: 6IP, 4ER, 3K, 5H, 2BB

Then: PHINE AND DANDY (pic: stock post delivery photo)

If: 8.1IP, 0ER, 16K, 2H, 0BB

Then: PHILTHY (half page font size, pic: wide angle shot of Hughes on mound pumping fist after inning ending K, fans on feet in background)

(link is in the "video" section ... too long to tinyurl)

NY (interlocking) Phil-harmonic

"'I'm going to go up there and pitch to the best of my ability,' Hughes told reporters in Scranton on Tuesday. 'And, no, I don't have any intention of coming back.'"

http://tinyurl.com/2qw6gq

Well okay then! Gotta love the confidence...

28 Not a bad thought, but how would that work?

A Lifelong Red Sox Fan, Hughes Steps Up For Yanks

OR

Hughes Betrays BoSox Love, Pitches For Yanks

Or

Yankee Phenom Wears Yankee Blue, Bleeds Beantown Red

or somesuch nausea-inducing verbosity.

Really isn't or wasn't much fire between the two teams or organizations, like there was with the Red Sox, or even the Royals (now THERE was a rivalry; how far has KC fallen?). Even Seattle seems to have gotten a better "rivalry run" than the Jays.

32 superb!

The Star Ledger told the same story about Hughes missing the phone call from Scraton's pitching coach. Hughes and Clippard were at the mall eating at a Johnny Rockets when he got the call up.
Outstanding chocolate shakes at Johnny Rockets if you've never had the pleasure.

The only real downside to Phil's call up:
SWB is in Toledo May 1-4. That was my shot at seeing him (or is it HIM) pitch. waaa, waaa, waaa.

The rivalry is hurt because of the exchange rate: rates a 100 in Toronto, but a buck fifty here.

http://tinyurl.com/2788a9

28 Another reason why I sometimes wish I lived near the City, instead of outside Boston.

34 Good point, Sliced. The Times has to make sure the brand stays front and center, keep those profit margins up! I'll bet Chass does a whole column on Hughes's childhood, filled with Sox-love.

Just kidding, you can use it. But only if you link to my blog :-)

mehmattski.blogspot.com

I'm not dissing on anyone for keeping score - just curious.

I think you have to start off doing it. I doube it's much fun if you pick it up as an adult.

It also has mystique- the feeling of holding the short stubby pencil and tucking it behind your ear as you slip on your glove in case that foul ball comes your way- it's all part of the experience for me.

Loss: "What's the Hughes? Yankees Lose"

Win: "Wonder-Phil!"

After a few months in the bullpen: "Phil: Over-Hughesed by Torre?"

I only do it those times when I'm at a game alone though -- if I'm with friends, I'm talking too much...

I remember my Dad showing me the score card from the Chambliss game and you can see the excitment in the final filled in diamond there, you could see how hard he was pressing and the quick strokes. I know I am getting a little sentimental and metaphysical, but there is something romantic about a nicely filled out scorecard. Not for record keeping, but as a keepsake.

"Hughes 'da Boss"

"Huuuuughes Are U"

"Guess Hughes Coming To Dinner"

"Phil'er-Up"

"Philing Me"

"Phil 'dis"

"Philder's Choice"

"Look At Those Philies"

and if stinks up the joint ---

"Phil 'da Grave"

"We Got Hughes"

thank you, thank you very much. don't forget to validate your parking.

and replace with "Can You Phil It"