Today is April 27 and 64 years ago, major league baseball celebrated Babe Ruth day as the Sultan of Swat made his penultimate appearance at Yankee Stadium.

Back to the present, if it seems like the last 36 hours have been like the Phil Hughes' watch, that is because it has as Hughes continues getting tested for the mysterious symptons of that troublesome dead arm.

Hughes spent part of last night watching Alex Burrows score the overtime winning goal for the Canucks that eliminated the Blackhawks. Hughes certainly would rather spend his time talking about as well as watching the Tampa Bay Lightning play their seventh game tonight against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Phil Hughes watched Alex Burrows score the overtime winning goal for the Canucks that eliminated the Chicago Blackhawks. He also will be interested in watching the Tampa Bay Lighting play their seventh game against the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight.

Those are topics that Hughes would prefer talking about, especially since he has spent nine hours over the last two days at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and still does not have a cause for the mysterious dead arm.

The latest round of tests featured an MRI with the ink and dye and a CT scan just to cover the bases. When Hughes spoke at approximately 4:15, he said team physician Christopher Ahmad would notify him at around 6:00.

As for yesterday’s tests on his shoulder and elbow, there are no results yet simply because as Hughes said: “He’s not going to talk to me about what he thinks it is until he has everything put together. He’s not going to tell me one thing last night and change his mind.

As for what they’re looking at, the doctors are looking all over Hughes’ body besides his elbow and shoulder and doing various tests.

Unless something pops up out of the ordinary, Hughes would expect this would be it for tests and MRI.

"I’m anxious to figure out what it is and get back on the track of fixing it and get back to throwing. I’m hoping it’s nothing that set me back. Hopefully it’s something minor and fixable and something that will get me back to doing what I can do."

And hopefully for Hughes, the end to this mysterious saga ends soon.

Speaking of sagas, this Rafael Soriano thing became quite a big deal, at least among fans calling to sports talk radio and tweeting their thoughts to the world. Many probably had the same reaction that Hawk Harrelson had on those Brett Lillibridge catches when Paul Konerko hit that 1-1 cutter over the left field fence.

There's always a lot of talk about making changes when guys don't do their roles even though it's just 20 games but the reality is that is not the impulsive 1980s with the Yankees. So therefore Soriano would likely pitch the eighth inning with the Yankees leading by a run or two unless manager Joe Girardi does not want to use him three days in a row.

In terms of the hitters, here are some recent numbers to chew on for the Yankees:

Robinson Cano has hit in 14 of his last 15 games, with three home runs in his last four home games.

Brett Gardner, who is not in the lineup is 4 for his last 41.

Curtis Granderson is has 15 hits in his last 37 at-bats

Nick Swisher, hitless in 15 at-bats but 11-for-21 batting right-handed this season. Still the slump was enough for him to engage in very early (as in four or five hours before first pitch) batting practice.

Swisher will bat righty because the White Sox are throwing Mark Buehrle. Buehrle has struggled against the Yankees by going 1-7 with a 6.88 ERA. He will be making his fifth attempt at winning his 150th game and should that happen the White Sox will have three straight in the Bronx for the first time since sweeping a four-game series June 15-18, 2000.

Bartolo Colon, who had two stints with the White Sox makes his second start for the Yankees. He last pitched with the White Sox two years ago when he was injured and was 3-6 with a 4.19 ERA in 12 starts.