Even after A.J. Burnett pitched so well in Game 2 for the New York Yankees, it wasn’t certain that the Yankees will go with him in Game 5 on only three days of rest. But now, after the announcement by manager Joe Girardi, it is certain.
The Yankees went with C.C. Sabathia in Game 4 on only three days of rest and will do the same with Burnett in Game 5. In Game 2, Burnett pitched seven innings and allowed only four hits and one earned run while striking out nine batters.
While most major league pitchers struggle on only three days …read more

In the offseason, many baseball experts rolled their eyes when the New York Yankees spent their millions upon millions of dollars to bring in a number of free agents. The Yankees were just wasting more millions on players they didn’t really need, right?
Nope. Not this time, at least.
The Yankees have to be thrilled with what their money was able to buy them in the offseason. Even though C.C. Sabathia lost Game 1 of the World Series, he was fantastic in his first three postseason start. Plus, there will likely be plenty of time in this World Series for Sabathia to …read more

Note to A.J. Burnett: don’t curse. Especially don’t curse in a bookstore. In front of kids.

That’s basically the message one security guard got across to the Yankees pitcher when he started swearing while yakking on his cell phone.
Burnett got taken out of the a game at Fenway in the third inning because he stunk up the joint, and the next morning headed over to the Barnes and Noble. He was talking on his cell phone, cursing, when a security guard told him to quiet down because there were kids around. He didn’t. …read more