Andy Pettitte of the New York Yankees

February 3, 2011
YANKEES ANDY PETTITTE TO ANNOUNCE RETIREMENT ON FRIDAY
Pettitte, 38, finishes his career with a 240-138 (.635) record and 3.88 ERA (3,055.1 IP, 1,317 ER) in 479 starts over 16 Major League seasons with the Yankees (1995-2003 and '07-10) and Houston Astros (2004-06). He is one of just 26 pitchers all-time to complete his career 100-or-more games over .500. Of the 19 Hall of Fame-eligible pitchers who have reached that plateau, only "Parisian" Bob Caruthers, who went 218-99 from 1884-92, is not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Originally selected by the Yankees in the 22nd round of the 1990 First-Year Player Draft, Pettitte played 13 seasons with the club, going 203-112 with a 3.98 ERA (2,535,2 IP, 1,122 ER) and 1,823 strikeouts in 405 games (396 starts). In franchise history, he ranks second in strikeouts and starts, third in wins, fourth in innings pitched and eighth in appearances (405). He appeared in eight career World Series (seven as a Yankee), winning championships with the club in 1996, '98, '99, 2000 and '09.

Pettitte is the all-time winningest pitcher in postseason history, going 19-10 with a 3.83 ERA in 42 career starts. He also ranks first all time in postseason starts and innings pitched (263.0), and is tied for second with 173 strikeouts. His personal career postseason win total is more than that of nine other franchises (Kansas City-18; Arizona-15, Seattle-15, San Diego-12, Tampa Bay-10, Colorado-9, Milwaukee-9, Texas-9, and Montreal/Washingon-5). As a Yankee in the postseason, he went 18-9 with a 3.79 ERA (237.2 IP, 100 ER) in 38 career starts. While winning his final World Series with the Yankees in 2009, he became the first pitcher in Baseball history to start and win the clinching game of three series in a single postseason (ALDS vs. Minnesota, ALCS vs. Los Angeles-AL and WS vs. Philadelphia).

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Fox Sports Announcers . . . again!

Did you hear those two bozos last night? In the second inning, McCromagnon and Huck, were babbling about the illegal balk move that Andy Pettitte has.

Duh.

First - Illegal Balk move? I have to ask, when is a Balk legal?

Second - Why are they belittling the umpires in declaring that MLB and the umpires allow someone with Mr. Pettitte's stature, to get away with such an obvious, illegal move?

Third - Again, Fox is allowing their dunderheads to just blather on and on about something that they seem to know nothing about. Is the move illegal? Really? Why then, has he been called for balks before? Have they read the rule book? I have, Umpires have as well. The implication that the umpires allow Andy Pettitte to get away with something is really strange when MLB has never responded to any of these lame comments. The comments are of no substance, yet, the viewing audience hears the rantings of these two dunderheads and all they do is ridicule the game and foment even more hatred against the Yankees.

The Yankees won. Both sides were nailed with bad calls and it is what you do the rest of the time that determines the winners from the whiners. Surprisingly, the Angels were rather silent about the series and the announcers were yelling at the rain . . .

Now, the World Series is upon us and the two idiots will call that series as well. I can only imagine the trash that those two will be talking about in trying to create something out of nothing . . . they just might be bored.

I guess I would be too . . . if I weren't a Yankee fan.