My Boyfriend’s Back! New York Signs Pettitte!
Andy Pettitte has been my favorite player since his New York debut in 1995. Though there were plenty of players, both young and old, deserving of my loyalties back then, he was, and still remains, my man.
In the beginning, my affections for Pettitte had nothing to do with his skill. I was thirteen years old; he was my first crush. I’d say it had to do with him being left-handed like myself but that would put 80% of the MLB population up for crush status. Anyway, while most girls were drooling over Derek Jeter’s intoxicating green eyes, I was all about Andy and the hole in his chin. Thinking back, I’m a little embarrassed… Liking Jeter is what normal girls were supposed to do.. what I was doing dreaming about Andy riding up to my house on a white horse, glove on his right hand and ring in the other, to propose and make little Pettittes is beyond me.
But as time passed, I came to appreciate his abilities on the mound and he became my favorite for all the right reasons. And when Pettitte departed for Houston, I was absolutely gutted. I felt betrayed. I felt used. "Why would he do this to me? I’m his biggest fan!"
Like any person with an abnormal obsession, I moped about for the better part of a month before muddling through four of the five stages of grief (I was sane enough to understand that "bargaining" was impossible). And after coming to terms, I contemplated buying his Astros jersey but couldn’t bear it. By the time opening day rolled around, I was back in my NY version and through all the name-calling and ridicule, I’ve worn it with pride.
And now, Andrew Eugene Pettitte is a New York Yankee once again. I couldn’t be happier.
Now, don’t get me wrong – I’m under no delusions that Andy will magically return to his 90s form. He’s a 34-year-old with an elbow on the verge of implosion and if this were any other player, I’d have a mind to send bomb threats to Yankee Stadium. But this was the first man in my life (he has no knowledge of this) and I couldn’t be more excited to see him make $16M to close out his career as a New York Yankee… I just hope his left arm still works when he does.
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i gotta say i’ve never understood your fascination with pettitte even from the romantic standpoint. you date pretty boys, with no exceptions! yeah they’re athletes and all tall and everything but they’re still magazine cover faces. pettitte looks like he got knocked around by a 2×4!
This is great stuff. I’m not expecting any heroics but as long as we can keep him off the DL, he’s gonna be a solid addition that will be more than capable of doing what we need. And if he brings Clemens with him, that’s all the better. Your’e right though – a signing like this would normally have me complaining about “same shit, different day” but I’m glad he’s comin home to finish things out.
He’s gonna be on the DL before spring training is over but thanks for never calling him a “True Yankee.” I was already to pounce on you for it. That shit makes me sick.
this contract is ridiculous. $16 million for 1 freaking year? only in new york. They did nothing to help their pitching and there is still no ace on that staff. get ready for another year of flaming out in the post season, which Pettitte will be watching from the DL anyway.
$16 Million for one year. i knew i should have practiced harder and studied less !
When you don’t have a salary cap there is no such thing as overspending. I know I repeat this every time a major club signs someone to a big salary, but this is baseball’s fault. The Yankees signing Pettitte to a 16 mil / year deal makes much more sense than most of the signings of the year so far. This is part of the reason why I hate the Yankees
how in the hell did the baseball contracts get so bloated anyway? What was the contract that set it off this year?
It was either Pierre or Matthew Jr, I forget which came first (I am pretty sure it was Pierre). baseball is breaking.
My first crush was Princess Leia…boring, common, and cliche amongst males in my demographic. As for the Yankees, all that’s left to those of us who gave up on baseball years ago is reading about another failed run at the Series by the boys in stripes come October. Sorry, but there’s just something wonderful about watching $200m worth of athletes lose to ball clubs spending half as much. Goliath getting slain over and over again never seems to get boring.
Man, if I were a woman in the tri-state area, I would be a happy happy woman right now.