A.J. Burnett
A.J. Burnett
Allan James "A. J." Burnettis an American former professional baseball starting pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the Florida Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, and Pittsburgh Pirates...
discomfort nice playing
It was a nice little day of playing catch. No pain, no discomfort everything is fine.
almost break far scar tests
Pretty scared. When you break up scar tissue, it's going to feel the same as when you tore your ligament. Then you have to do all the tests and everything else. ... As far the pain, it's almost identical.
care days expect extra few five good last later opposed scar schedule sure third threw tissue until wait whatever worried
The third inning was good, but something wasn't right. (The Jays) will take care of me. I'm not worried about that. I come back and it's just a scar tissue thing, I would expect to take a few extra days as opposed to being back on the same schedule as last time. If I threw five days later last time, why not wait until 15? Make sure everything is out of there for good ... whatever it is.
rather sooner team top
Sooner rather than later, we're going to see a new team on top there.
behind energy gave pumped
Every play they made behind me pumped me up even more and gave me the energy to keep going.
blown mind spoke
I was really blown away how J.P. spoke about the things he had in mind for this team.
atlanta card fight fought game playoffs season teams wild
Wild card or not, playoffs or not, our season ain't over. The game ain't over when it's 3-1. The game ain't over when it's 3-3. It's called the big game of baseball. It happens. Teams fight back. Atlanta fought back.
felt good step
It felt really good. It was a good day. It was a big step forward.
felt stay throw tried within work zone
It felt real good. I just tried to stay within myself out there. I didn't want to go overboard, just work down in the zone and throw strikes.
bad battling ended last pitcher positives quick ran row seven shown year
I think I'm a better pitcher than 49-50. I was just battling to find out who I was and where I was and get him back here as quick as I could. At times I've shown that, last year I ran off seven in a row but then I ended on a bad note, but take the positives from anything.
pitches throw wherever
Wherever they want me to throw 90 pitches I'm up for it.
chance defense driving great power
It is driving me. It's driving me more now than ever. This is a great team. We've got great pitching. We've got a great bullpen. We've got great defense and we've got great hitters. So, we've got a great chance to do it -- and I'm going to do everything in my power to get us there.
best catcher great
He's a great catcher from what I hear. With Gregg Zaun, we have two of the best catchers in the league.
broken cautious pain ready reason rupture scar spring unless
I don't know what reason there is to be cautious anymore. Once the tissues have broken up and there's no pain or discomfort, I don't think it's going to come back ? unless I rupture more scar tissue. I'm just going to go out like I'm getting ready for the spring again.