by Lisa OlsonFiled under: MLBNEW YORK - Alex Cora might as well have been swinging a licorice stick. That's how effective his bat had been every time he stepped into the box and looked out at pitcher A.J. Burnett. Cora was 0-for-19 against Burnett, with seven strikeouts, and so of course Cora's manager did the only sensible thing Saturday night, when the Yankees played the Mets.Jerry Manuel made Cora the Mets' leadoff hitter.Snorting, charging bulls have been known to treat waving...