Video Diary - Phil Hughes pt.3

 Latest progress on the Phil Hughes painting I'm doing for Kevin Rozell over @ Zell's Pinstripe Blog. Listen to me tell the story of why there's a chance the pic I'm using as a reference may have been taken on my 30th birthday.

Video Diary - Phil Hughes pt.2

 I sing a li'l Sinatra and drops some knowledge about the importance of composition and line of action as I continue work on my painting of Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes for Kevin of Zell's Pinstripe Blog.

Video Diary - Phil Hughes pt.1

 I've been commissioned by Kevin Rozell of the great "Zell's Pinstripe Blog" to do a painting of Yankees' pitcher Phil Hughes and I've decided to document the process with a series of video diaries. This could be really entertaining and informative or really corny and stupid. You decide:

Game 3 - YANKEES 3, Blue Jays 2

I don't have much to say on last night's game. Well, I have a little bit to say, but I'm working on a bunch of other stuff and don't have the time for any sort of dissertation. Long story short: Phil Hughes' breaking ball looked magically delicious, especially when it buckled Frank Thomas' knees. The Yankees bats are a little dead right now, but that doesn't concern me as much as seeing the pitching hold up which, shy of Mussina and Hawkins, it has. I liked the boys going with a little bit of small ball to win. When you start the season 2-1 going up against good pitching, and not getting much firepower from your lineup, you have to be happy.

Tonight, Ian Kennedy takes the mound against the Rays, and we get to see if the third of The Big Three can start fulfilling his potential, not to mention whether any of the Shelley Duncan noise from spring training carries over to the regular season.

I leave you now with a sketch of Mr. Hughes from last night's contest: