Joe Girardi just announced the reason AJ Burnett left today’s game in the third inning. He made the announcement during Fox’s game telecast as part of the in-game manager interview.
According to Girardi, Burnett has some lacerations on his pitching hand that made it difficult for AJ to grip and control his pitches. Girardi is uncertain how AJ got the cut(s), so stay tuned. Here’s hoping they didn’t result from last night’s pie.
UPDATE 6:32pm: According to a tweet from YES’ Kim Jones, Burnett scraped his hand when he fell in a stairwell at the Stadium.
M. B. Rozell
Kevin Rozell
Um…the injuries were sustained when AJ, in a fit of pique, pushed open the double doors to the shower area of the clubhouse and cut both palms on the plastic lineup card holders attached to each door. Douchebag that he is.
All the starters know that if they dont go deep in games we have a much lower chance of winning. Burnetts tantrum was ill concieved and selfish and it cost us any chance of coming back against a division rival hot on our heels. What an ass.
Check out the latest update here:
http://zellspinstripeblog.com/2010/07/18/burnett-cuts-hands-while-slamming-doors-in-the-clubhouse/