No no-no for Phil this time. (AP Photo)

Yankees rookie Phil Hughes took the mound for his second start Tuesday night and worked a no hitter for 6.1 innings. He injured his leg and left the game with the no hitter intact.

Mike Myers finished the 7th for Hughes without allowing a hit, but gave up a single to Hank Blalock in the 8th.

As I have said before (here and here), Hughes is no fluke. This is what the kid is capable of. Hopefully his injury isn’t serious.

The Yankees need him real bad.

Just, out.

I’m sick of the drama that surrounds George Steinbrenner and Joe Torre every year.

As much as it pains me to support anything Yankee, what an accomplishment for Torre to have taken the Yanks to the postseason EVERY year of his tenure there.

Of course, every time the Yankees hit a skid along the way, Torre’s job security is on the line and Steinbrenner gets all the headlines. Maybe it’s just a ploy to fire up the hitters (even though it’s pitching they need most). I don’t know. But if Steinbrenner was ever seriously considering firing Torre this week, he’s just dumb.

Is it Torre’s fault that the Yankees pitchers have all gotten hurt? I’ll agree that it’s sad for a team that has an offense like that not to be over .500, but it’s only May 1st. Give it time.

Let’s get to today’s mailbag:

Scott S., St. Louis: Worst baseball movie of all time? My vote goes to “For the love of the game”

Part of the reason I hated that movie was because it is actually called “For Love of the Game.” They left out the “the” for some odd reason. There are a lot of ways I could go with this question — “Major League 3″ comes quickly to mind. But I think I’ll give it to “The Sandlot 2” and “Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch.”

Matt F., Dekalb, Ill.: Baseball was a completely different game 70-80 years ago. Do you think it makes any sense to compare hard stats from the deadball era to the liveball era?

From a practical standpoint of judging players today, I certainly think it’s silly to consider how players performed that long ago. So much about the game has changed. Players need to be viewed in the context of the time they played. This is why I don’t think hitting 500-600 home runs in the modern era automatically punches someone’s ticket to Cooperstown.

Thanks for the questions guys. If you have questions for me, e-mail them to djust2@uiuc.edu with your name and hometown. I will answer it in a timely manner.

Just, out.

The Yankees’ savior can’t even drink yet. (AP Photo)

The Yankees did all they could to avoid having to bring young pitching phenom Phil Hughes up to the big leagues so soon.

But after demoting Chase Wright down Double-A Trenton, the Yankees had no choice. Hughes is 2-1 with a 3.94 ERA through three starts for Triple-A Scranton (hopefully he didn’t take any pitching advice from Dwight K. Schrute).

The Yankees were swept by the Red Sox last weekend and need someone to step up. Will Hughes be that guy? In the long term, definitely. Short term? I’m not sure. In reality, though, the Yankees really only need a pitcher good enough to keep the team in games. Alex Rodriguez tends to take care of the rest.

Hughes was a first round pick in the 2004 draft and is No. 4 on Baseball America’s top prospects.

Yankees manager Joe Torre told the Associated Press that he thinks Hughes is ready and mature enough for the big leagues — a far cry from the front office, who did all they could to keep him down.

I though the Yankees rotation was better off with Hughes in it from the get-go, so I’m eagerly awaiting Thursday’s start. Apparently, so is Torre.

“I’m anxious to see him,” Torre told the AP. “He doesn’t say much. He just goes about his business. I’m sure it’s going to be electric for him.”

If Hughes does well, the Yankees will be hard-pressed to send him back down.

Just, out.