Game 8: Coming back in a big way
ByThe best part about baseball is that no matter how bad you team loses one night, they always have a chance for quick redemption. The Yanks will seek that tonight in Game 2 of their series in Tampa. A.J. Burnett takes the mound against Matt Garza, so we’re in for a battle of flame throwers.
Matt Garza hasn’t been the greatest against the Yankees during his young career. He’s 1-2 with a 4.56 ERA over 23.2 innings. His 11/9 K/BB ratio doesn’t help his case, either. He did fare a bit better last year, allowing 7 ER in 17 IP over 3 starts, though his strikeouts are still down (8). A.J. has a bit more significant sample against the Rays, posting a 2.98 ERA in 117.2 innings over 16 starts. His K/BB is absolutely devastating: 123/39. In 20 innings last year A.J. surrendered 7 earned runs while striking out 26 and walking just 8.
It looks like Girardi really doesn’t want to mess with Robinson Cano. He’s in the sixth spot yet again tonight while Brett Gardner, who hasn’t been a bright spot in the Yanks’ offense, hits leadoff. Yes, Gardner’s fast, but he also hasn’t hit much this season. While I’d rather have the better hitters atop the order (Jeter-Cano-Tex-Swish-Jorge-Nady-Pena-Molina-Gardner), Girardi is obviously closer to Cano than I am and is using his judgment on this call.
There were no roster moves made today, which is a bit strange considering the bullpen workload yesterday. But Bruney, Marte, Veras, and Mo had the day off, so they could be primed for action tonight. Hopefully A.J. make it a nonissue. Also, Damon is out with the flu. I don’t know if this is something that just happened, but he’s definitely looked sluggish recently. Hoch notes that he hasn’t been sleeping lately due to an issue involving his mother.
The lineup:
1. Brett Gardner, CF
2. Derek Jeter, SS
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Nick Swisher, LF
5. Jorge Posada, DH
6. Robinson Cano, 2B
7. Xavier Nady, RF
8. Ramiro Pena, 3B
9. Jose Molina, C
And on the mound, number thirty-four, A.J. Burnett.
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Come on now, let’s Trot Nixon these guys tonight.
AJ just muttered “fuck” under his breath on TV…
I really hate when I forget that I hit the reply button and the text box is all the way at the bottom. I do that all the time. This wasn’t supposed to be a reply.
I’m rocking two Yanks garments I haven’t worn yet this season — and no, neither is a thong. That’s gotta do something, right?
You know what I’ve noticed? Unless at games, Yankee fans tend not to wear more than one piece of Yankee at a time. Meanwhile, Sox fans tend to wear more than one piece in non-game situations.
Sox head and wrist bands, Sox shirts, Sox hat, Sox socks (hur hur), Sox undies, Sox pajamas…
Whatever’s going on with Damon, I hope he feels better soon and that his mother also gets well soon, if that’s the issue.
I hope his mother gets well soon, even it that’s not the issue!
I woke up this morning pissed because I thought I was gonna have to watch another CMW stinker while at the new stadium sunday. Over-f*cking-joyed when I found out it’s actually Burnett vs Pavano.
I get to see Wang on Saturday…
That’s what she said.
um…decency guidelines!
oh wait, nm…
Oh fuck.
That, uh, didn’t come out right.
That’s what HE said.
Just saturday? I figured it was an every night occurrence for you Rebecca….. I keed I keed.
Lets hope and CMW gets his ish together and it’s a good game.
Alas, I’m not really the popular sort =(
just put 1k on siwsher to homer today!!!!!
I swear to Mo, I better not see one stupid smile on Swisher’s face tonight. This is baseball, it’s serious stuff. No enjoyment, treat it like work.
Troll harder =D
Huh?
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-330592
Yeah I saw that thread today, I guess I just don’t get what “troll harder” means in this context. Over my head I guess.
What have you done for me lately, Jeter?
hey, y’all smart fans help me out…i’ve got the dumbs…
can somebody explain this:
While I’d rather have the better hitters atop the order (Jeter-Cano-Tex-Swish-Jorge-Nady-Pena-Molina-Gardner),
one of this hitters just doesnt belong here, one of these hitters just isnt the same….
Come on Burnett We need atleast 7 innings. I am so freakin glad to see Tex back in the lineup.
The Rays just received their 2nd place rings. I hear Jeter is constantly seen in his 2003 ALC ring.
ietc
Pat Burrell is probably laughing at their rings.
Woah channel 9
What you say?
the game’s not on yes today, really threw me off.
Heh, all I read this morning was that the Rays have a penchant for making the Yankees look “old” (whatever the fuck that means). So, what do I find when I check out ESPN’s MLB roster analysis page? Oh, nothing but the fact that the average age of the 40-man roster for the Rays and Yankees are 27.9 and 28.1, respectively.
http://tinyurl.com/cma3as
First time ever really posting on here. Have to say, you guys do some great work and I really enjoy reading whatever entries you fellas have up. Looking foward to the game tonight, have a good feeling about AJ.
Ramiro Pena looks like he’s 16.
awesome, Pena is reading Garza’s scouting report.
Hey look, Gardner just hit a quality fastball.
It was the grit and determination.
Gritgasm.
He just smoked it to center!
Hey, anybody know where I can listen/watch the game? My school doesn’t carry My 9.
Your school doesn’t have Channel 9?!?!?
I’m in Scranton, Pa. They only have ABC, NBC, Fox and the CW.
I live in pittsburgh, pa and its the same thing. I have comcast though and MLB extra innings has a free preview going for the first two weeks, I believe.
The free preview is over, sadly.
It is? I’m watching the game right now with the free preview… Maybe my area hasn’t taken it off yet.
Actually, I just remembered I have RCN. Maybe they ended theirs earlier.
My school’s cheap and has the basic cable. We don’t get the sports packages and, to be quite honest, I don’t feel like paying the $20 bucks to hear Susan Waldman and John Sterling.
Apparnelty Verizon FiOS isn’t carrying the game on My9 either, because the damned Simpsons are on.
It’s not necessarily My9. TWC has it has My4.
iPhone
That can not possibly be true. Garza threw over to first one time all of last year? I’m calling bullshit.
I am listening to the radio, and John Sterling just said that he “gets the feeling that Brett Gardner will succeed”, and Suzy Kknow-it-All concurred. My brain is rotting…
Gardner is so frikin’ fast!
So how many people will call for Jeter to return to the two hole if he has a good game?
As much as I dislike Kay, I certainly miss the YES network living here in Tampa and would rather listen to him than Kevin Kennedy who the Rays brought in to call their games on TV after one of the local guys went over to the MLB network I believe. Kennedy is horrible!
“You can’t buy a championship Duane”
That’s great stuff by Kennedy.
“You have to score one to win anyways, that’s not going to hurt.”
WHAT!?!?!?!
Kennedy = Douche
Way to work the count, Tex. Nice to see that man back in the lineup.
Nick Swisher is about to hit an eight run home run.
and then he’ll pitch innings 2-8 to bridge the gap to Mo, shutting up all the B-Jobbers.
Any doubt Swisher hits a 5 run homer here?
Payback for Wang!!!
c’mon Swish, do your thing!!!
Swish with the bases juiced.
How come when I wrote “What have you done for me lately, Jeter?” as an original post, it put it as a reply to Mondesi’s post?
Nick Swisher once hit a grandslam with his eyes closed.
This was meant as a standalone comment: http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-331333
Same thing happened to me.
Anyone else notice that Swish looks up as he’s getting set in the box? I’ve never seen that.
I assume he’s got someone up on the roof who’s watching on TV and relaying the sign. It’s the only explanation for his hot streak.
Matt gArza doesnt even throw very fast why is he an mlb pitcher.
Omg, Michael Kay. I hope Swisher hits a granny then somehow gets the ball back and shoves it in Michael Kay’s stupid m’f'ing mouth.
I love the way Swisher works the count. If only Robbie and Melky did that last year…
Cano’s not that type of hitter, but that’s OK. He just needs to swing at better pitches, which he’s doing.
Everytime swisher scores they put two runs on the board one for him another one for his awesome ness
Swisher will hit a grand slam and strike out the side nexty inning, I’m calling it.
Or not.
or vice versa
did gardner get a “solid” hit or was it a dinker/jam-shot sorta thing??
It was a jam shot, blooper over the second baseman’s head.
thanks
Good matchup down in Atlanta: Javier Vazquez vs. Chris Volstad.
Also, Chris Carpenter and Max Scherzer are at each other later tonight.
Awww Swish
The thing that’s cool is that Swish takes so many pitches, plus he fouls a ton off as well.
OMG teh bust. I hate him.
That pitch was filthy.
Bench him.
That was a tough pitch.
Swisher is human!
That was a nice pitch by Garza, though.
Trade him
1st change up Garza throws is on 3-2 with the bases loaded… pure grit.
Crap.
Did you see the shot in the dugout of X combing his hair before putting the helmet on?
That was a nasty change, nothing Swish could do about that one.
That curveball is filthy
Stop with the cowbells, bandwagoners.
And Michael Kay wondered why there were so many people attending?
Ten bucks says this time last year 75% of the crowd was cheering for the Yankees.
It wasn’t that much more like 60-65% Yanks then my the AS break 50/50 and by the end out the year 60-65% Rays.
Tampa is a huge bandwagon team from the Bucs to the Lightning and now the Rays.
ROBBIE KILL
And of course Cano swings at the first pitch. Come on, Robbie!
That inning could have been so much better…but one is still better than nothing.
one run > none
Well, this is disappointing.
THATS WHAT SHE SAID!!!!
wait… I mean… shit.
OK AJ, there’s your run.
No hitter for Burrent?
I hate how MLB TV lags.
Garza lucked out.
yeah me too can’t read the comments until after an inning or the surprise will be spoiled.
Has Robbie Cano given up on the patience concept already? It seemed to be very effective last week.
Should have had more, didn’t capitalize. Least we got on the board, made him work hard in the first and basically saw his aresenal in the first 5 batters.
I don’t know what it is about Burnett, but I get excited when he starts. It’s been a while since the rotation had a pitcher with that ‘no-hit’ type of stuff.
take a seat boy!
When was the last time a team successfully pulled off the hidden ball trick?
Didn’t Boston do it last year? Maybe it was ’07, but I remember Lowell was involved.
That was Gene Michael’s specialty.
Pure grit.
Nice work, AJ.
That’s not filthy, that’s nasty!
AJ Burnett just showed Bossman his gas face.
Boy, you gotta love Burnett’s stuff. Dude is a beast when healthy.
LOVE the curveball.
Filthy breaking ball.
AJ Burnett had more Ks in that inning than Wang had all night last night
Let’s be honest, though. Even if Wang has a good game there’s a chance AJ has more Ks in an inning than Wang’d have in a game.
More than Wanger has had all season, hah.
That was nasty.
SIT DOWN EVA!!
very few pitchers can throw an 83 mph curveball.
Ok, what IS the difference between a curveball and a breaking ball?
eh, curveball is a type of breaking ball, which just refers to sliders, curves, slurves etc.. They’re just thrown differently and move differently.
Danke
palabra
oops wrong spot.
Curveball is a type of breakingball.
Gracias
Somehow Pena still had a better at-bat than Ransom would have.
I guess Ransom could have injured himself. That’s have been worse…
that might even be better at this point.
Hey, don’t sell Pena short. That’s our future Shortstop right there. I read that in George King’s column a few weeks ago.
If he catches the ball, it will be an improvement.
The 3 authors here are eating crow bout ripping the Burnett signing all winter. Almost as bad as the big 3
Um…I don’t think anyone said that signing AJ Burnett was a bad move for April 2009.
As much as I love A.J., and trust me I do….it’s only been 2 game and 1 inning. Calm down, big fella. I still believe it was the right signing though – after all, he has learned how to pitch
I would have preferred 3-4 years, as I’m sure Cashman would have. But the Braves fucked that part up for me.
http://logo.cafepress.com/9/5983694.1698559.jpg
IETC
Liking the player and liking the contract are two very different things bucko.
IETC
There are some legitimate questions about signing him, but no one ever questioned his abilities.
Also, don’t you think its a little silly to call him a success or a bust after 2 starts of a 5 year deal? It’s kind of like calling a horse race after the first few steps out of the gate.
Doesnt every starting pitcher come with risks?
why not risk it on the most talented guy with the best stuff who dominated the toughest div in baseball which also happens to be your own?
burnett was a slam dunk
i wouldn’t go that far as a slam dunk. Legitamate health concerns, and he can be horrible if he isn’t on. I’m still happy with him over Lowe but I’m a little homer.
Yes, but not all risks are equal. His health history was spotty, whereas CC was a proven workhorse. Also AJ had an microscopic ERA vs the Yanks and in the mid 4′s vs the rest of the league. ‘
CC was the slam dunk, AJ was one where you go in with your eyes open.
…
Uh, why would Jose Molina bunt with two outs? Gardner bunting, sure, but, uh, Molina’s not exactly fast…
Nevermind
Do you post on every pitch of every at bat?? relax there champ
The people who monitor the posts around are named Mike, Ben and Joe. Not Lanny.
This is probably my favorite Lanny comment.
Garza has some pretty nasty stuff tonight too. Least we got him 40 through 2. Just gotta keep making him work.
A “replica ring”, kinda gay. I would expect that from Red Sox Nation.
that was a loud sounding pop up
I think part of the reason that Nady doesn’t walk is his hitting mechanics.
Or his pitch selection
Yep. Dude chases A LOT. It was really apparent towards the end of last year. He started expanding the zone and was swinging at eeeeverything.
He had a career high O-Swing% last year at 31.3%.
i agree, he’s all over the place.. doesn’t let the ball travel deep in the zone.
Pat the Bat looks just weird to me in a Rays uni.
Just doesn’t feel right.
Hell, you guys should check out Garret Anderson in a Braves uniform – now that is weird.
How’s Smoltz look in a Sox uni?
We won’t know until June, if then.
Oh Mel Gibson you are soooo fucked.
What’d he do now?
Getting divorced. In Cali. No Prenup. Half his shit goes bye bye.
Divorce- Latin for ripping a man’s genitals out through his wallet
(believe thats Robin Williams, not 100% sure)
Heh, he’s still worth like 400 million after it. He’s not too worried.
AJ’s curve is working well today I see.
Get the fuck back to first base you little bitch, that didn’t hit you.
That pitch didn’t touch him. Oh well.
It’ll be his only way to get on base against AJ tonight.
Goodbye, Benny.
/(name that movie).
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
Maybe, but that’s not what I was thinking.
Sit down, kiddo.
I understand, Zobrist, you had no chance whether you would’ve swung anyway.
Yeah nice try Rays. That ball hit the dirt. Take that K in place.
It looked like it hit him on the foot to me, the Rays announcers (I’m watching on MLB.tv) are incensed lol.
Haha, same. They are so pissed about it. Build a bridge fellas, get over it.
Bunt.
A.J. will win the Cy Young and CC will finish a close 2nd.
CC for CY
Correction: Nick Swisher will win the Cy Young, AJ will finish 2nd, and CC will finish 3rd
attaboy jeter, way to work that already high pitch count
Those first pitch outs are really annoying.
Fans get too crazy over that stuff. When a pitcher is on top of his game (as Garza is tonight) then usually that’s the best pitch you’ll see that AB. Also, if you see him trying to get ahead early, coming over the plate, then try to make him pay for that.
Its not a bad idea.
Garza wants no piece of Teixeira.
He got a piece of him there, no?
would you like to revise this statement?
Jason Giambi’s not even on the team anymore, and they’re still talking about him “stubbornly refusing to lay down a bunt to 3B with the shift.” When’s the last time Giambi squared around to bunt, 1998?
and he would have to push it past the pitcher expertly, not a small feat.
I love how everyone advocates for guys to do this, ignoring the fat that the guys who get the shift put on them are generally guys who can, for lack of a better term, knock the fuck out of the ball, which is more valuable than a damn bunt single.
Kay is also pissed off about a traffic jam he was in from 1985.
Some guys just can’t let go of these things.
but he LOOOVVVEEESSS Fordham!
Garza hasn’t thrown an actual strike in a 3 ball count yet.
I think we’ll get another hit in the 6th inning… if everything goes right.
Ooh, I love me some Citizen Cope.
Garza has some nasty stuff too.
Aki doing his best Jeter impression.
holy crap did anyone see that homerun saving catch Abreu just made in LF??? Why couldn’t he do that with us?? Why didn’t he pee his pants when hitting the warning track like usual?
?
John Kruk will say tonight how he is undoubtedly the best pickup of the offseason and how the Yankees messed up buy not keeping him.
Go A.J.!!!!
no letting i-rod go was teh worst!!1!!11
James Shields for Cy Young, anyone?
Though I picked CC, I wonder if the battlefield that is the AL East will eliminate most of the pitchers from that division…
Jason Bartlett: 2008 Rays MVP (voted by the Tampa faction of the BBWAA).
I still do not get that. I understand he’s a great fielder but Evan Longoria can freakin’ pick it at third and has an 84.5 times better bat than JB.
TEH AY JAY!!!!1!1!11
A.J. Burnett really is an Ichabod Crane looking mother fucker, isn’t he?
I love multitasking–listening to the game and checking out the NFL schedule.
Trivia answer has to be Guidry, right?
Did Clemens ever do it?
what’s the question? I missed it..
wish they would have capitalized on that first inning opportunity.
DICKIE V!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STFU Michael Kay
Jesus, Michael Kay couldn’t keep his one-more-chin-a-year mouth shut about the no-no?
Matt Garza will regret that, accidental or not.
WHO NEEDS ADAM DUNN!
Hahahaha.
I picked up Swish in my fantasy league a few days ago. My team name? Swisher’s Biggest Fan.
Haha, awesome.
Yeah, that pitch up and in to Swish wasn’t an accident. Not at the head Matt.
Don’t like these borden line strikes that Garza is getting but AJ isn’t.
Nick Swisher is a pimp.
I love Nick Swisher.
NICK THE STICK!!!
MVP
swisher is the fucking man
Swish-gasm!!!!!!
So who put 1,000 k on a Swisher HR again?
Nick fuckin’ Swisher. Bravo.
THE SWISHER PICKER UPPER!!!!!
and a big F U from Swish… Goin’ yahtzz
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-331523
WHERE WAS THAT IN THE FIRST INNING JERK??????
not impressed
BUT .219!!
Swisha!
Picking up Swisher in fantasy makes me laugh at the person who dropped him.
Nick Swisher eats thunder and craps lightning.
2nd time today you stole what I was gonna say! At least this time I saw you post it before I did!
Nick Swisher is so cool he never has to flip the pillow.
HAHA def. regrets that brushback now
Nick Swisher to Matt Garza: “Unzip my zipper, bitch.”
SWISHEERRRRR
Swished!
Cone’s comments were so spot on I’d have his child.
SWISH!
It started getting a little weird how interested he was in Swisher’s “hip rotation”.
Someone just won a grand!
BITCHES LOVE SWISH!!!
/fan since his Oakland days, no bandwagoner I
WOW!
Good Mo, Swish can laugh his way to the MVP.
haha swish. who was it said they had a bet on him homering.
Vegas Yankee? i think
I.
Love.
Nick.
Swisher.
What is Sterling’s Swisher home run call? I’m in DC watching the Tampa Bay feed. Listening to Dewayne Stats reminds me of bad childhood memories featuring Jesse Barfield and Roberto Kelly.
Don’t forget Mel Hall!
I call your Mel Hall, and raise you a Hensely “Bam Bam” Muelens.
wayne tolleson.
“It is high, it is far, it is gone! A Home run from Jolly old Saint Nick”
Not as bad as “Hideki . . upper deck-ee” but close.
damn swisher loves the red bull
Why am I not shocked to see Swish drinking Red Bull in the dugout?
He was pushing it on Tex, too.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he had jaeger with that red bull…
Fucking AJ i love you.
Hah, that guy replaces Jason Giambi in so many fucking ways.
The real question is, who would be surprised?
Swisher doesn’t come back to Earth after a hot streak, the Earth just comes closer to Swisher. Insane.
Nick Swisher drinks red bull during games? God that shit is awful, he must have a stomach of steel!
I hate Nady’s at-bats.
His batting stance pisses me off….so goddamn jumpy.
Good God, do NOT let Swisher drink Red Bull. The guy’s hyper enough as it is.
the other day i was walking down the street with bloomberg and he was telling me about swisher winning mvp this year and i was like ‘Duhh’
SWISHERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrr
peteabes been right along
best yankee of all time
web jem
Phrase I’m already friggin ready for the YES booth to retire immediately:
“Glorified game of wiffleball”
Al Downing? Damn.
just dropped francoeur added swisher on my fantasy team….
AJ yawns like a cat
push him off AJ!
Oh get the fuck up it wasn’t that close to you, Evan.
IT’S BUSH LEAGUE I TELL YOU!11!1!!!1!! BUSH LEAGUE!!!!!1!1!!!!!11!
as the world turns…
stop faking longoria. Wasn’t that close…ok maybe it was.
Check out AJ sticking up for his peeps.
thats how you do it. up, not in. and then you strike out the batter.
Thats it AJ
And the Oscar goes to…….
Take a seat Eva, actually take two seats.
HE DROPPED HIS BAT! loser
Fucking Red Sox are just signing EVERYONE!
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....enker.html
And they call the Yanks the Evil Empire?!?
sorry, I need Mikes opinion to know if it was a good move or not
Travis Denker? Why don’t we just HAND THEM the pennant right now?
Heh, A.J. backs him off and then gives it to him right down the middle. Take that, biatch!
HAHAHAHAHAHAH on his ass one minute, walking to the dugout the next.
Radar Gun down here read 98? What did it say on YES?
95
Gameday had it at 94.
that was a beautifully planned back to back pitches to set Longoria up.
me likey this Burnett
Here’s a good trivia question: Who are the three active MLB starting pitchers that have at least 10 years of experience but has never visited the DL?
Hint #1: The Year That Shall Not Me Mentioned In Yankee Lore.
Hint #2: A fat Cubano.
Livan Hernandez??
Lowe, Livan, and ….. Javier Vazquez?
Yep. B-Ref or you got that on your own?
I did get it on my own to be completely honest. Lowe and Livan were givens to me and Javi hit me at the last minute.
I don’t know why I said “completely”, it’s not like this is a fucking graded test.
Now name the other two.
Livan…?
Barry Zito
LOLongoria!
Perfectly done by Burnett. A pitch right down the middle and Longoria walks away. Longoria could learn a thing or two from SWISHER!
there is something scary about carlos pena, i always think hes gonna do damage, he’s no ortize, wtf, does anyone else feel like that about Pena? what is it? i might just be a pussy though
I loved the K to Longoria. He didn’t even wait for the umpire to call it, he knew it right away.
AJ is just mowing them down today.
shut up michael kay
I can’t believe he said that either!
Not that I’m superstitious or anything….
Kay is obssessive about it.
fuck….i hope swish doesnt pull a chris shelton
Swish has a .901 career OPS in April, his highest split. It falls a little to .829 in May, but that’s still a good number. I’m sure he’ll be fine.
Doubt Swish, has a track record of being … you know … good.
That’s how you do it, Smalls!
I lol’d at this.
…And he walks Peña
BUNT!
please.
Pena intimidated his way on base right there.
BALLS!!!
That was unfortunate…
damn it!
Why let Molina hit? Horrible.
Jose Molina, if you weren’t such an awesome defensive catcher I’d have more of a disdain for you than I currently have for Cody Ransom.
IETC
and
IATC.
Wow, Gardner. That was fugly…
eh.. nothing you can do about that, Molina goes other way on the hit and run, just bad luck
At least that half-inning got rid of the 8-9-1 part of the order
ouch
Nice hustle Brett.
Nady-Pena-Molina-Gardner is about as easy as it gets for a pitcher.
Cody Ransom would’ve fucked that up right then and there.
Does Ransom make that play?
Ransom doesn’t make that play.
Does anyone else think that Gardner gets a larger strike zone from the umps than everyone else? Guccione has had a tight zone all night but really gives the corners when Garder is up. Not that he wouldn’t strike out anyway……
Is it a rookie thing?
I’ve seen Gardner chat with the umps at every close pitch. I think the umps are basically telling him, “STFU rookie.”
yea Penaa!
When does the Austin Jackson watch begin, and this coming from a BG fan?
Already has. You must not be reading the blogs.
When he gets his cup of coffee in September.
You know what’s amazing? If the ump wasn’t such a tight-ass with the outside corner, A.J. would be even more dominant.
See ya, Dioner.
I’m calling it, No hitter for Burnett.
F—er, some of us are superstitious!
Keep it up A.J., do your thing!
I heart watching AJ Burnett pitch.
You and me both!