Thursday, May 13, 2010
Is Father Time Catching Up With The Yankee Captain?
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PETTITTE CAN'T STAY AWAY
After a year away from the game 39- year old Andy Pettitte has come out of retirement to join the NY Yankees, his third stint with the club. The Yanks now have seven candidates for five starting pitcher slots. Pettitte was signed to a minor league contract, thus allowing him a longer period of time to prepare for his debut. That means someone will essentially be penciled in for the first few weeks of the regular season until Pettitte has built up enough stamina to join the rotation and feel comfortable providing enough innings to get to the back-end of the NY bullpen. I thought Pettitte's last season (2010) was very solid as he adjusted his style, like everyone has to do when Father Time is chasing them, and did so in a cerebral, crafty way. Sure, his strikeout count was down, but as long as he limits base runners and can induce a key double play ball or weak pop up he'll provide a lot of intangibles and leadership no one else can bring to this team.
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Harlan Chamberlain, Joba's father, hits on my wife at spring training, or vice-versa?
Remember that Mickey Mantle retired at 36 and really wasn't the same from 33 on. Of course, his off season workout program wasn't quite the same as Jeter's. It's a long season, we'll see.
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