Why Larry Rothschild Got Ejected The Other Night

Evidently one of the umps understood Yiddish. Meanwhile we owe a debt of gratitude to him for straightening out AJ according to Verducci's article in SI

What Rothschild proposed was something radical: a major mechanical change, not just a tweak, in the middle of the season. The short version is that Rothschild took away much of the rotation swing that triggered Burnett's delivery -- an upper body twist in which his hands would pull behind him and lead his body. He worked with Burnett to hold his hands in front of his chest. He wanted less rotation in the delivery and more "downhill" action. It began with a dry bullpen session -- pantomiming the delivery -- then one heavy bullpen session in Baltimore and one light bullpen session in Boston. The second one was said to be "electric."

When you think about it we are better off Aj succeed rather than Hughes for the 5th spot, because there's no way Hughes would pitch a big game against a good team in the playoffs, where he could be of help in relief. There's a chance that AJ could.