Andy Pettitte

Four Yankee Home Runs Cut Down Rays

Andy Pettitte went six adequate innings, Johnny Damon broke a 3-3 tie with a solo home run in the sixth and the trio of Phil Hughes, Phil Coke and Mariano Rivera worked three scoreless innings as the Yanks trimmed the Rays 5-3 in the Bronx. Full story

Yanks and Rays Rained Out

Friday night's contest between the Yankees and Rays was washed away. No makeup date was announced, but Tampa will return to the Bronx Sept. 7 for a three-game set and both squads will have a day off Sept. 10. Full story

Missed Opportunities Doom Yankees

Andy Pettitte struggled through five innings, Ian Kinsler reached base four times and drove in a run and Frank Francisco worked a perfect ninth for his 12th save of the season as the Rangers doubled up the Yanks 4-2 at The Stadium. Full story

Bombers Beat Tribe, Move Into First Place

Andy Pettitte went five serviceable innings before leaving with a stiff back, Alfredo Aceves picked up the slack, pitching three innings of one-hit relief and Derek Jeter singled twice and drove in a run as the Yanks downed the Indians 3-1 in Cleveland. Full story

The Melk-Man Delivers Once Again

Raul Ibanez crushed his league-leading 17th homer of the season and rookie John Mayberry Jr. clubbed a three-run jack in his major league debut, but Alex Rodriguez tied things up with a two-run bomb in the ninth and Melky Cabrera singled in the winning run as the Yanks upended the Phillies 5-4 at the Stadium. Full story

Streaking Yanks Win Sixth Straight, Sweep Twins

Andy Pettitte was shaky but worked into the seventh inning, Mark Teixeira homered twice and drove in four and Alex Rodriguez went deep for the third consecutive game as the Yanks held off the Twins 7-6 at The Stadium. Full story

Yankee Bats Wake Up, Pound Blue Jays

Andy Pettitte went six bumpy, but serviceable innings, Brett Gardner homered and drove in three and Mark Teixeira collected two hits and two ribbies as the Yanks roughed up the Blue Jays 8-2 in Toronto. Full story

Posada's Single Completes Yankee Comeback

Andy Pettitte turned in his first clunker of the season and most of the pen didn't fare much better, but Ramiro Pena collected three hits and two runs batted in and Jorge Posada homered and smoked a game-winning two-run single in the ninth to erase a five-run deficit as the Yanks shocked the Angels 10-9 in the Bronx. Full story

Jeter's RBI-Single Gives Yanks Comeback Win

Andy Pettitte turned in another stellar performance, Robinson Cano drilled a two-run blast and Derek Jeter delivered a clutch, two-out RBI-single in the top of the ninth as the Yanks stunned the Rays 4-3 on a Wednesday afternoon in Tampa. Full story

Sorry To Rain On Your Parade

The Kansas City Royals officially opened their newly-renovated stadium this afternoon, and in grand Royals tradition, they promptly christened it with a deflating loss. Yes, these are your father's Royals, folks, and Andy Pettitte was brilliant in his first outing of the season. (To be fair, the Royals have only sucked for about 24 years, but who's counting.) Full story

Report: A-Rod Tested Positive for 'Roids in '03

If you're tired of hearing about Joe Torre's new book -- good news! Alex Rodriguez reportedly tested positive for steroids in 2003. Full story

Pettitte Will Have To Earn His Money

After turning down what was a reportedly a guaranteed one-year deal worth $10M, ESPN.com is reporting Andy Pettitte and the Yanks are closing in on a deal worth less guaranteed money. Full story

Pettitte Thinks Too Highly Of Himself

Tyler Kepner of the New York Times broke the news last night that Andy Pettitte has rejected the Yankees' one-year, $10M offer for the upcoming season. Full story

Cashman Back On The Plane

Brian Cashman again left Vegas via private jet to an unknown destination earlier today. Apparently, he was headed to a meeting with Andy Pettitte. The Post says the message he carried with him was a $10M offer to fill the last rotation spot available (This is assuming they land A.J. Burnett, I suppose). Full story

Mussina Reportedly Calls it a Career

We may have heard our last Moose call.The news is unofficial, but it looks like Mike Mussina has decided to retire after an 18-year career.  Mussina, who won 20 games for the first time this past season, will finish with... Full story

Updates On Moose and Pettitte

While all media reports seemed to point toward Mussina riding off into the sunset following his first 20-win season, some of us were holding out hope. Now, according to Buster Olney, it looks like Mussina may be leaning toward coming... Full story

Yankees Offseason Guide - 2008 Edition

Just like last year, I'm going to break the Yankees offseason down in several posts over the coming days, weeks and months. We'll get the ball rolling with a look at the Yankee free agents. For each guy we'll go... Full story

Abreu Slams Yanks to Victory

Oh, if only we could start this thing over again.Phil Hughes went eight strong, Xavier Nady drove in two and Bobby Abreu launched a grand slam in the 10th inning as the Yanks bested the Blue Jays 6-2 in Toronto. ... Full story

Yankees Close The Stadium With a Win

It opened a winner and went out a winner.Andy Pettitte did just enough, Johnny Damon and Jose Molina both clubbed homers and Mariano Rivera closed things out as the Yanks swept the Orioles 7-3 in the final game at Yankee... Full story

White Sox Upend Yankees

And the winning streak ends at three.Andy Pettitte had one bad inning (which has been his MO lately), Jose Veras and Dan Giese each gave up one run in their inning of work and Juan Uribe picked up three hits... Full story