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
reality work year
It's special. You work all year to make it reality and get to the playoffs.
help last past year
Last year, they did it without me. Hopefully, this year I can help us get past this round.
running winning years
It only took me 21 runs and five years to get a win here.
couple mph years
I was throwing a lot harder than I ever have at the end of last year. I got to ninety-five (mph) a couple of times in the World Series and I'm more of an eighty-eight or eighty-nine guy who relies on location and movement.
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.
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.
coming early easy feeling games momentum roy strike sure three won
It's not going to be easy. It's not going to be easy coming back here. We'd won three games in a row, and we were one strike away. I'm sure they had to be feeling down, and now they have to be feeling great. But if we come out early and take some of their momentum away, and we get Roy going the way he can pitch, everything will be OK.
concern start
I'm going to be able to make that start no problem. There is no concern at all.
ask roger time
I never had to ask him one time to come. It was all his, ... When I signed, Roger called me and said, 'I think I want to play, man.'
definitely extremely gratifying help obviously special trip
It's definitely a little different, ... This is right there with my first trip in '96. Obviously we went so many times after that in New York, but this is just extremely, extremely special and gratifying to be able to help this organization get to this World Series.
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.
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.
days early reminds team
This team reminds me of my early days in New York,
close moment remember special stay yesterday
That one will stay real close to me, ... I remember that one like it was yesterday just because of being so young. It was a special moment in my career.