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Dear A.J., On behalf of Yankees fans everywhere, I'd like to extend you a heartfelt goodbye. Sometimes these things don't work out. New York is a tough place; one minute you're the greatest Pie Chemist the city's ever seen, punctuating each walk-o...

As of 9:27 a.m. That is all. Sorry....

Eric Karabell takes a hypothetical look at A.J. Burnett's 2012 fantasy value should the big right-hander be traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Blog | Conversation | February 13, 2012

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. Phil Mickelson out-dueled Tiger Woods by 11 shots in the final round to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. At the press conference, an angry Woods...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Monday. Justin Verlander lasted eight innings and Jose Valverde backed up his victory guarantee with a difficult save as Detroit beat the Yankees 5-4 to go up 2-1 ...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Texas starter C.J. Wilson told reporters he hated pitching in Oakland because the "mound sucks" and the "fans suck." The Oakland fans didn't respo...

The New York Post is reporting that the Yankees have placed A.J. Burnett, Rafael Soriano and Jorge Posada on the waiver wire, from which they can be claimed by any other major league team in the next 48 hours. Yankees GM Brian Cashman refused to conf...

SOURCES: AJ BURNETT OUT OF YANKEES PLAYOFF ROTATION: New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi will announce who is in his ALDS rotation on Tuesday and $82 million man A.J. Burnett is out, a baseball official with knowledge of the Yankees thinking confir...

Chicago Cubs Tom Gorzelanny: In August, he threw 68.0 pct of his fastballs for strikes, which is well above his average of 63.0 pct in the 1st 4 months of the season. Chicago White Sox Juan Pierre: In August Pierre set the table for the White S...

Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettitte, AJ Burnett, Austin Kearns, Lance Berkman, Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain and Javier Vazquez stuck around Yankee Stadium after the Yankees' 11-5 win over Detroit to entertain children and volunteers from Beautiful People,...

Joel Auerbach/US Presswire It's little wonder Chris Coghlan injured himself with his reckless inverted sunglasses usage. Marlins' left fielder and 2009 NL Rookie of the Year Chris Coghlan proved he still has a lot to learn after tearing the menis...

AP Photo/Mike Carlson New York Yankees (43-26, 18-16 away) at Arizona Diamondbacks (27-43, 17-16 home) 10:00 PM ET on ESPN -- Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona Starting Pitchers New York: A.J. Burnett (6-5, 4.33 ERA) Arizona: Rodrigo Lopez (2-6,...

Post-Mortem: Well, we know why the Yankees lost this one -- AJ Burnett was outpitched, but only slightly, by Jake Arrieta, making his first major-league start, and the Yanks AAA lineup couldn't manage to come up with the five runs necessary to change...

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers 9:00 PM ET -- STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, CA (Lakers lead 1-0) The Phoenix Suns will try to avoid a 0-2 hole against the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. To do...

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Even though AJ Burnett's ERA was more than a run more on the road than at home, he thinks it is to his advantage to be pitching here in Anaheim. With the Yankees one game from the World Series, he doesn't think he will be too amped up. "No, I th...