Pettitte: We Don't Need No Santana
Bronx Liaison —
... Andy Pettitte finalized his one year deal worth $16 million today. However, the most interesting part of his return was in regards to Johan Santana. According to Pete Abe, Pettitte does not believe the Yankees need Santana in 2008. ...
Why I love Andy Pettitte
River Avenue Blues —
Some of you might have caught my interview at YanksBlog.com, in which I said that my favorite Yankees, past or present, is Andy Pettitte. Today, he reaffirmed my sentiments:
“I guess there has been a lot of speculation that we need a true power arm, ace or whatever. I disagree with that,” he said. “I think Wang is an absolute stud. I think he is an ace. I understand he struggled in the postseason but that’s going to happen. I’ve struggled in the postseason before then come back and pitched extremely well. … To say we ...
Do the Yankees already have a No. 1 starter?
Valentine's Views —
Again and again this off-season it has been said that the New York Yankees need an ace. In a pair of posts at his fantastic LoHud Yankees Blog, beat writer Peter Abraham makes a pretty impassioned defense of Chien-Ming Wang as already being that guy. In his first post Abraham points out that one bad playoff series should not erase all the good work Wang has done for two seasons. It’s interesting how 5.2 innings against Cleveland in October turned Chien-Ming Wang into a bum in the eyes of some. Andy Pettitte went to bat for the Wanger today. But many comments and e-mail disagreed. One guy wrote to ...
