Andy Pettite retires

[Clem Fandango]

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6086575

 

Meh. Probably one of the most overrated pitchers ever, and a prime example of what being a Yankee can do for your "legacy"

[imb]

I guess he is pretty overrated, but over 3000 innings of a sub-4.00 ERA is still pretty nice.

[Clem Fandango]

It is. He's not a bad pitcher by any stretch of the imagination, but he's often referred to in news outlets as if he's one of the Yankee greats. He's only had 4 seasons in his 16 year career with an ERA under 3.80.

 

His 240 wins are largely a by product of playing on stout offensive teams, but dumb writers will attribute it to him being a winner.

[KingKongvs.Godzilla]

Probably the one pitcher besides Kerry Wood who's career I've followed from beginning to end...my favorite Yankee from those dynasty teams...seriously a very likable guy who had himself a very good major league career for it's most high profile team.

[CubsWin]

I doubt it, but I wonder if Pettite making it official reawakens the Yankees desire to add a starting pitcher. Might another Zambrano to the Yankees article be floated by one of the NY papers?

[SouthSideRyan]

Weird that his PED use was ok with the media

[TruffleShuffle]

it's funny how so many players won't admit to using steroids. pettitte admitted it (well, hgh), people talked about it for like a week, and then nobody cared any more.

[tfarks]

I could see Pettitte squeaking into the HOF even with his PED use. He has a great case for longevity and a lot of wins, including 19 postseason wins!1!

 

It will probably take him a while though.

[Post Count Padder]

Pettitte was a really good pitcher and, by all accounts, a good guy and a good teammate. But he's definitely not a Hall of Famer, and it's nice to see most writers/news outlets agreeing with that sentiment instead of bowing down to another Yankee "great."

[Tracer Bullet]

Weird that his PED use was ok with the media

 

agreed. those that were truly awesome and suspected or discovered to be PED users should be strung up. but the fairly quiet guy that was really good (not great, imo) for a long time and admitted to using was basically ignored.

 

Then again, Clemens will probably have him killed during his perjury trial, so maybe he'll get into the HOF posthumously.

[Sammy Sofa]

Snitches get stitches.

 

[expletive] him.

[Texas Goat Farmer]

it's funny how so many players won't admit to using steroids. pettitte admitted it (well, hgh), people talked about it for like a week, and then nobody cared any more.

 

 

But he didn't cheat. His own words.

[ConstableRabbit]

Can't wait for him to get in the HOF :roll:

[Elrhino]

Weird that his PED use was ok with the media

 

Not to mention his "retire or not retire" theatrics every offseason for about 3 years running that Favre gets ripped for.

[Guest]

I think a lot of it has to do with not lying about it. Being caught sorta forced him to fess up, but look at how Clemens currently looks to the world since he continues to deny, deny, deny.

 

Part of it might even have something to do with the fact Pettite doesn't have his name atop any records that give people more reason to be angry with him.