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
defense great guys picked played seemed trouble
It seemed like I was in trouble in every inning, but the guys picked me up and played great defense and scored some runs.
giving-up games play
I'm going to give up hits, so I'm going to need to get some ground balls, double plays and stuff like that. That's just kind of my game.
new-york play yankees
I wanted to play for the New York Yankees. That was the bottom line. I wanted to be there and play in that new stadium.
play guy honor
I count it an honor to play with some guys that I've watched play on television, and may be in the Hall of Fame some day.
club forward huge last next playoffs step taste together took winning year
Last year (2004) we took a big step by winning in the playoffs for the first time. This year was another huge step. We've got a taste of it now. Now it's the same old story, try to keep your club together and look forward to next year.
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?