Let's do a blind match up between these two pitchers:
Pitcher A- He has pitched 7 season with over 10 wins and flirting with 20 in one. A playoff veteran that no longer comprehends the concept of pressure.
Pitcher B- A 23 year old righty, thrown into a rotation in desperate need of a solid number 3 and got taken deep, as a relief pitcher, to lose his first outing in a major league uniform.
Got the connection yet?? Good, now let's cut to the chase... he's currently shutting out the juggernauts known as the New York Yankees. While his counterpart, Burnett is getting knocked around like a drunk Phillies fan in a parking lot (too soon?). 7 earned, 6 hits through 2. Don't get me wrong the kid is getting hit pretty hard, several off the monster, but he's getting out of sticky situations. His splitter is falling off the table and his curveball just made A-Rod buckle at the knees and bail out of the box in two consecutive pitches. Both dropped in for strikes. And just K'ed him on a pitch that bent from his eyes to his knees...unbelievable. 4 nasty curves in a row.
As for Goliath? There's a reason why a multi-million dollar stud is looking this bad. Me thinks Jorge Posada and him aren't clicking in the way a pitcher and catcher should. In Burnett's last outing he and Posada had a slight disagreement, that led to him balking in a run and losing 3-0. This is looking very similar to that, he's checking runners that A: Don't need to be checked and B: Are on second base and have stolen third only 2 or 3 times in their career. Needless to say his missing spots and hanging his breaking stuff, so maybe the Sox will try to get their revenge from last night's pummeling.
Tomorrow's probables: Beckett v. Sabathia on ESPN primetime. Should be a goody.
EXTRA NOTE: My man, pots and pans, the Mayor AKA Sean Casey has faith in his boys.
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