WHY IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO 1 INNING

(Photo: Gettty)
When will the world end? Will we ever have world peace? Who will be our next President? Where did "pre-Yankee" A.J. Burnett go? The answer to all of the above is, I don't know! When the Yankees signed Burnett they did so believing he would showcase the same dominance he used against the American League, including the New York Yankees. Well ever since he inked that $82 million with the Yankees he somehow lost his heart. He somehow lost the ability to maintain control of a game even when he doesn't have his best stuff. And tonight was classic, present day A.J. Burnett. He looked so good for 5 innings. Actually pitched his way out of danger in the 5th. I said to myself, "Come on A.J., prove me and millions of Yankee fans wrong tonight! Show us you can be a stud!" Who was I kidding!? Enter the 6th inning...A.J. just being A.J.

No matter how good Burnett may look during a game you can always count on one thing: He will have one inning where it all falls apart. It is like clockwork with Burnett. He can look amazing, in control for a few innings and then it happens...one hit; maybe a couple walks; throw in a wild pitch or two and you have yourself a collapse. And for some reason A.J. just can never stop the bleeding. (Photo: Bobby Abreu ties it 1-1)
Look I get it, these are very good MLB hitters he is facing and some credit must be given to them. The Yankees (for the most part) do not give him a ton of run support. But enough is enough man. By your own admission you aren't having fun. Do us all a favor and come up with a mystery "arm strain" or something to end this nightmare. I'll make you a deal A.J..if you come up with some "arm ailment" that will bench you for a while we will still let you make the pies! Deal?!

Our offense battled back against a very tough pitch tonight. Dan Haren, like A.J. Burnett, was terrific for 6+ innings. The Yankees ended his dominance in the 7th with a great rally by stringing together timely hits; including an awesome 2-RBI single by the Captain that tied the game at 4. Cory Wade and David Robertson were just dominating. Shutting down the Angels until Mo took over in the 9th. Well, it was drawn up perfect: Mo shuts them down in the 9th and Yankees rally to get one run in the bottom of the 9th. Except, that is not what happened. Abreu hit his 2nd home run of the night again Rivera and the Yankees bottom of the 9th rally fizzled out when Teixeira was up and Granderson inexplicably got caught in a rundown trying to steal 2nd. What a way to end the game. Anyway, that eventually gave the Angels a 6-4 win tonight.

Final Score: LA Angels 6 - Yankees 4. Not to be forgotten tonight was Granderson's 29th home run tonight! Let's get 'em tomorrow boys!!!

--Mikey Blue, BYB Senior Writer

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