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...
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.
hear roger
You hear all the hoorah about Roger Clemens being a warrior. It showed tonight. That's what he is.
hear roger
You hear about Roger Clemens being a warrior. That's what he is.
behind energy gave pumped
Every play they made behind me pumped me up even more and gave me the energy to keep going.
balls both leaked middle pitches supposed toward
Both those balls leaked over the middle right toward him and he did what you're supposed to do with them. Two pitches and that was really it.
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.
best bit calls came good last night phone time
I was still upset. But I got some good phone calls last night ... and that eased me up a little bit and made me feel better. It's good news, but any setback at this time is not good news. But the best came from it.
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.
blown mind spoke
I was really blown away how J.P. spoke about the things he had in mind for this team.
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.
expected good pitches threw
I threw a lot of pitches early. You've got to put them away when you're ahead. I wasn't as good as I expected to be.
pitches threw
I threw a lot of pitches early, a lot of 2-2 counts, a lot of 3-2 counts. You've got to put them away when you get ahead.
good teams
What makes those other teams really good is that they don't fade.