Andy Pettitte
Andy Pettitte
Andrew Eugene "Andy" Pettitteis an American former baseball starting pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily for the New York Yankees. He also pitched for the Houston Astros. Pettitte won five World Series championships with the Yankees and was a three-time All-Star. He ranks as MLB's all-time postseason wins leader with 19...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth15 June 1972
CityBaton Rouge, LA
climb huge mountain proud seemed series team
It was a little different for me here, because this just seemed like such a huge mountain to climb to be able to get to the World Series with the team that we have. I'm proud of the guys.
reason
That wasn't the reason I was so bad.
spent time together
We haven't spent time together like we did in New York.
guess hit nice pay
It'd be nice to get a hit every once in a while. But I guess they don't pay me to do that.
again course found good last nice pitch seven six using year
I found my change-up again last year, ... I didn't have it for probably my last six or seven years in New York. I didn't have a good change-up that I was using the course of a game. It was nice to be able to find that pitch last year while being hurt.
lying
I'd be lying if I said this wasn't a blow.
lie runs surprised
I was surprised we put the runs on him, ... I'm not going to lie to you. He's tough.
help last past year
Last year, they did it without me. Hopefully, this year I can help us get past this round.
She wanted him to keep playing, you know?
best grieve time
She wanted him to keep playing, ... is probably the best place for him to be. He'll have time to grieve after the game.
ahead far felt guys seemed stuff trouble
I felt all right, not great, ... They battled me pretty hard. I felt like I was getting ahead of them for the most part. I just couldn't put guys away. It seemed like I was in trouble every inning as far as baserunners and stuff like that.
days early reminds team
This team reminds me of my early days in New York,
avoid ball breaking freak inside kept saw
It's unbelievable, a freak accident. I saw the ball the whole way. I thought I could avoid it, but it kept breaking into the inside of my knee.
last series starts
It was a big series obviously. All the starts are big right now. I want to win, I want to try to get it done after last year.