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      When I heard A.J. Burnett was pitching, I was scared.

      But the Yanks showed me there was no need to worry.  They scored 4 runs, (no double-digit scores today) and Burnett pitched well.  He went 6 innings, struck out a season-high tying 8 batters, and only gave up 3 earned runs.  Not great, but good enough.
      Mark Teixeira started the scoring with a RBI double in the first which scored Derek Jeter.  Then, in the 2nd, after a base hits by Curtis Granderson and Eduardo Nunez, Brett Anderson, the A's starting pitcher, missed a catch on a ball from Jeter which consequently scored Granderson and moved Nunez up to second.  After Eduardo stole third,

      Let's be honest, we all probably like C.C. Sabathia more than A.J. Burnett; and that's fine.  It is most likely a cause of C.C. being a dominant pitcher while A.J. has been "eh" at best.  For example, if it had been Burnett pitching last night giving up 5 runs with 9 hits, we would all probaly be saying, "Oh, another bad start by A.J., and, he;s no good."  Instead, with C.C. pitching yesterday, we're all saying, "Yes, Sabathia leads the league in wins, and did you see those 9 strikeouts?  Fantastic."

      It looked early on that this was going to be a game consisted of tons ofscoring by the Yanks, and C.C. shuting the White Sox down.  However, Sabathia couldn't hold on but did give the Yankees length. 

      Like the Yankees, Joe Girardi's mind was some where else.  Who knows, maybe he was thinking about the Cubs job (SIKE, he's definitely going to stay.)

      Last night's game was terrible.  A.J. was horrendous, giving up 8 earned runs and not even making it past the 4th inning.  The 4th!  Unacceptable by a guy who's supposed to be our No.2 starter.  The Yankees defense was sloppy, though they only commited one error.  The bats never really came alive, with half of the runs scored coming in the 9th off of Nick Swisher's homer.
      There was one bright spot of last night's game though, Sergio Mitre went 4 and 2/3 while giving up only 1 hit.  He was masterful yesterday, and if

      With Phil Hughes on the mound, I was hoping he could get his 16th win, which would be the second most in the league.  Imagine it, later in the year, you could see this headline.  C.C. and Phil, 20-game winners, and the 2 most wins in the AL. 

      Alas, it wasn't meant to be as the Blue Jays beat the bombers 6-3.  Phil Hughes started the game by giving up 2 runs early, with Vernon Wells being the catalyst, having a triple and scoring on a past ball.  Then, in the third, he hit a 2-run shot making the score 4 nothing.

      However, in the top of the 4th, the Yankees used some of their own firepower, with Marcus Thames homering, scoring Robinson Cano.  But then, in

      With the pitching match up being A.J. Burnett versus Felix Hernandez, you kind of knew that the opening game against the Mariners might be a loss.  Might be. Well look at the picture.

      That man in the background is Russel Brayan, and today, he killed the Yankees. He started the game by hitting a 3-run home run, and then later in the sixth hit another home run.  The Yankees got shut out by Hernandez, so there isn't much to talk about.  Casey Kotchman and Ichiro Suzuki both had RBI's with them coming in the 3rd and 4th.
      A.J. went 7 innings giving up 12 hits with 3 walks and 4 strikeouts and letting 6 runs score (earned) rasing his season ERA to 4.80 and his win-loss record