Last word
"Hey, at least you're pitching in the spring this year. So you're way ahead." -- Hurdle on giving a second-inning hook to A.J. Burnett, whose ERA ballooned to 13.50 as he allowed four runs in 1 2/3 innings, but who a year ago was nursing an orbital bone fractured by a fouled-off bunt.
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