Captain comes through against his once and future teammates

Second time through the lineup does indeed prove Hughes' undoing; at least for today. Long fly ball from Pedroia allows two runners to tag and moved to second and third, and Jeter's ground-ball single up the middle knocks them both in and finishes Phil's day. Hughes hit another batter. That's three in 4.2 innings this spring. I like that he continues to throw inside. He's not missing by much. All three HBPs have been graze jobs.

Gardner has just reached on another ground single and stolen a base. He's the white Willie Mays Hays. Seriously. This dude is fast. He's a streak. One concern: no arm. I guess we've gotten used to that, with Bernie and Damon. You'd like to see a guy like Gardner win the every-day job in center for the Yanks -- then again, I'd be fine with Melky, if he can re-learn how to hit -- but the arm is going to be a concern if it's Gardner. His speed may outweigh that, but that's hard to quantify. Dude is fast, though.