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
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.
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.
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.
forward looking whatever whenever
I'll do whatever they want. The way I look at it is I have one more start, whenever it is, and then I'm looking forward to the rest.
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.'
arm body far pitch
He's unbelievable. His arm and his body is so strong, if anything ever aggravates him, it's his leg. He could probably pitch for another 10 years, as far as his arm goes.
anybody
If I knew, I wouldn't tell anybody anyway.
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.
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.
good
It's just a good two-seamer down and away,
ahead great guys
It wasn't great and they battled me pretty hard. I was getting ahead of them for the most part but I just couldn't put guys away.
battle confident pull until
It's going to be a battle all the way until the end. We feel like we're strong, ... We'll be able to pull through it and get this thing done. We still feel very confident in that.
far
It's getting better every day as far as the soreness and all that.