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Some flies in the ointment

By Phil Rogers
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, April 3, 2006

That's OK, J.P. Ricciardi. You can breathe again. A.J. Burnett opens the season on the 15-day disabled list, but it appears the Toronto Blue Jays' $55-million .500 pitcher will have to miss only the first two starts of the season. This might not be the greatest way for a free agent to start a new chapter in his career, but it sure as heck beats a second Tommy John surgery and at least two seasons of heartache. "I was pretty scared,'' Burnett said. Imagine how Ricciardi must have felt. The s ...

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