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TWENTY BUCKS SAYS A.J. Burnett doesn't throw the perfect pitch, does, depending on whose side you take--his or Brad Penny's. It was late January--weeks before pitchers were to report to spring training--and the two Marlins were working their arms into shape at Pro Player Stadium. Penny was off to the side, waiting his turn, when Burnett set the stakes for his final pitch of the session.
"Twenty bucks says I don't miss the mitt," Burnett challenged.
"It can't move, not even an inch," Penny replied.
The catcher positioned his glove at knee-high level for the imaginary hitter. Burnett wound his 6-5, 230-pound frame and delivered. But before the ...