[洋基] Yankees growing tire of A.J. Burnett's act

看板NY-Yankees作者stonemonkey (ネギ)時間14年前 (2011/07/24 23:14)推噓21(21推 0噓 9→)

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It's been two-plus years since the Yankees lured A.J. Burnett to New York with the kind of money to make him feel like an American League powerbroker. Team officials never would admit they've given up the vigil, but after teetering between brilliance and a million unforgivable mistakes, Burnett's Yankee legacy is probably beyond repair: Trust him at your own risk. Maybe that's why the situation on the mound in the sixth inning Saturday seemed so tense - everyone, including Burnett and Joe Girardi, had a beef with the meltdown that ultimately cost the Yankees a 4-3 loss to the A's. Burnett was angry because … well, take your pick off the menu. He'd just issued back-to-back walks to Oakland's Nos. 8 and 9 hitters to load the bases. It didn't help Burnett's mood that several close pitches were called balls by plate umpire Bill Welke. And the most obvious irritant was seeing Girardi on his way to the mound after exactly 100 pitches. You didn't need much in the ways of forensics to gauge Burnett's simmering rage He turned his back on Girardi as soon as the manager popped out of the dugout, staring into left field. Burnett waited until Girardi reached the mound to acknowledge him, but refused to look him in the eye while handing over the baseball. It was an uncomfortable exchange that could've turned uglier, had both men not chosen their words carefully after the game. Burnett insisted he was angry "because I thought some of the pitches [to Conor Jackson and Landon Powell] were close." Girardi was in similar spin mode, saying he wouldn't have taken issue with Burnett for protesting an early hook. "Most guys want to keep pitching until their arms fall off," Girardi said, before adding, "I don't want guys looking at me [from the mound and saying], 'Come get the ball.' " This explanation is only partly true. Had Girardi been more candid, he would've said Burnett had no right to be angry: The A's rally was entirely his own doing as has been the case in so many of his Yankee-era failures." 總結:信任危機 http://bit.ly/pk9kJC -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 118.171.242.169

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