Andy Pettitte is a big baby
Steiner's boy is considering "retirement" at the ripe old age of 34.
The money quote:
"I know I'm young. I realize I'm young," Pettitte said. "Just right now, I don't know exactly what I want to do. I just need to take some good time away and I'm trying not to think about baseball. I didn't watch any of the playoffs. I'm just trying to spend time down at my ranch and spend time with my family, and in a couple of weeks I'll really try to bear down and [decide]."
This is not a warrior. This is a moth. And a stupid one for opening his mouth.
The money quote:
"I know I'm young. I realize I'm young," Pettitte said. "Just right now, I don't know exactly what I want to do. I just need to take some good time away and I'm trying not to think about baseball. I didn't watch any of the playoffs. I'm just trying to spend time down at my ranch and spend time with my family, and in a couple of weeks I'll really try to bear down and [decide]."
This is not a warrior. This is a moth. And a stupid one for opening his mouth.
posted by TheJackSack at 12:34 AM
7 Comments:
I would take Andy in a heartbeat. He threw over 200 innings the past two years, his second half was dominant this season, last year he was great. He's a proven commodity, a warrior, through and through. The guy loves the Lord and his family, and I don't fault him for that. I'll wait for Andy to make up his mind.
My point is if the guy really is that torn up over pitching, maybe he *should* retire.
I want a guy who can't wait to get to Tampa, who's already looking at ways to improve himself. Not someone who would rather look at his cattle. Andy is not a bad guy. He's just not a NY guy.
How could you say Andy's not NY? He was probably third only to Mo and Jeter as far as importance to the dynasty.
Now, I agree with what you're saying, though. I, too, want a guy who really wants to play and win. But he could get the itch in a month or so. I wouldn't hold it against him if he was interested in coming back.
No, Bernie was not important. I meant exactly what I said in the plainest of English above: No one, not one player, was important except for Mo, Jeter, and Andy.
Dan, my last post was rhetorical. In my original post I did not say that Bernie--or Tino, Oneill, Cone, etc.--were not important, just that the top three, in my opinion, were Mo, Jeter, and Andy. Bernie was very important, yes.
Are we talking in terms of importance during the postseason or in a combined evaluation of that AND the regular season?
This is a tough question to figure out. Mo is the obvious choice but after him, I think the "team" really is indivisible. Does that sound like a cop-out? Maybe, but you had odd additions here and there along the way (David Justice with a hot bat to get us past Seattle in 2000, Jim Leyritz' miracle HR in Game 6 v. Atlanta in 1996), so in that sense, it's ahrd to narrow it down to select players being more pivotal than others.
Mo, however, is the difference-maker by far. He has been this team's MVP from 1997 through today. If you are the praying type, pray for your families, your loved ones and the general well-being of Mariano Rivera.
Dan, no need to apologize of course. I was just giving you a hard time, as we at Steiner's Warriors are prone to do to one another.
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