Archive for December 15th, 2008

The tables have turned

Mike is right.  Back when Pettitte went to Houston, I was squarely behind him and being disrespected by the Yankees.  And in retrospect, the Yankees could have used Pettitte big time in 2004-2006.  Andy received a very generous contract last season and even under his own admission, under-achieved or performed.  The Yankees are not “lowballing” him [...]

Pettitte and the unspoken.

Andy has no right to complain about his offer.  As you may recall, Mr. Pettitte negotiated a $16M contract last year with the Yankees, knowing that he was linked to the Mitchell report, knowing that he used HGH, and knowing that he was about to be dragged into the whole Clemens mess.   That didn’t stop [...]