From Brian Costa:As he watched the Yankees pull away from the Twins in Game 1 of the division series Wednesday, A.J. Burnett couldn’t help but look ahead to Friday night. He wondered what it would be like when he makes his first career postseason start. Turns out he was sitting next to the right guy to ask.Andy Pettitte, who was seated alongside Burnett in the Yankees dugout, gave him some words of advice -- words Burnett will no doubt keep in mind when he takes the mound at Yankee Stadium.“It was more about pitching in a postseason environment than it was about [Game 1],” Burnett said of his in-game chat with Pettitte. “It’s another start. It means a lot, and it’s the postseason, and it’s my first one and all that. But I have to go at it as another start and not overdo it. That’s basically what he kept telling me -- it’s going to be great, it’s going to be loud, it’s going to be emotional.”But, Pettitte added, Burnett can’t treat it any differently.The right-hander was also thinkin...
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