"A.J. Burnett's approach to tonight's Game 4 of the ALDS won't change after the Yankees were defeated 5-4 in Game 3 last night.

"It's going to be important no matter what," he said before the Tigers took a 2-1 lead in the series.

Now, the Yankees' season rests on Burnett's right arm, and as squeamish as that may make fans, he wasn't showing any concern.

Burnett referenced Game 2 of the 2009 World Series -- a game in which there's no question he was superb. With the Yankees having lost Game 1 to the Phillies, Burnett fired seven innings of one-run ball, evening the series."