From Steve Popper:Burnett denied that he had anything to do with the decision by Yankees manager Joe Girardi to pair him with Jose Molina as his personal catcher – a decision that will force one of the team's veteran leaders, Jorge Posada, to the bench for Game 2 of the American League Division Series, as well as a potential decisive Game 5. ... "It's making me out to be the bad guy again," said Burnett, stopping to talk on his way off the field from the pregame workout Wednesday. "It comes down to Boston when I said, 'Why, why, why?' But over my career, I've done that a handful of times. "But if you ask people who I played with, I don't show guys up. I'm upset with me for so many times in the past; I've struck him out with a curveball in t...
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