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Progress too slow for Pettitte?

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08:12 AM ET 08.30 | For more than a month now, the Yankees have been playing merely .500 baseball, and, even before the Blue Jays roughed up CC Sabathia on Wednesday, there was some bad news coming from Andy Pettitte. [In] the course of giving his periodic injury update to the media horde, he uttered the last two words Joe Girardi wanted to hear: Flat ground. Yep, Dandy Andy is still in the "pitching off flat ground" phase of his recovery from that broken left leg he suffered on June 28, still not cleared to actually get on a mound. And even though Girardi expressed hope that such a promising development could happen by the weekend, this does not bode well for Pettitte being a factor in the Yankees' postseason plans.

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August 30, 2012  08:15 AM ET

The Yankees' problem is not Andy Pettitte.....

August 30, 2012  09:09 AM ET
QUOTE(#1):

The Yankees' problem is not Andy Pettitte.....

You are exactly right.

August 30, 2012  09:09 AM ET

If he is not pitching off a mound now you can forget about him helping you the rest of the way.

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August 30, 2012  09:12 AM ET
QUOTE(#4):

Andy, you tried valiantly and pitched well, but you're old and you got injured (see: Roy Oswalt), time for you to hang up the spikes and enjoy retirement.

^^^^^^^ THIS................



Nothing left to prove.......

August 30, 2012  09:15 AM ET
QUOTE(#1):

The Yankees' problem is not Andy Pettitte.....

Unless he can get a hit with two out and a man on second , then he makes no difference. Still the only team in MLB never to have won a game this year when trailing after 8 innings.

August 30, 2012  09:21 AM ET
QUOTE(#6):

Still the only team in MLB never to have won a game this year when trailing after 8 innings.

That's a very interesting stat, and is not a plus in the playoffs.

August 30, 2012  09:34 AM ET
QUOTE(#4):

Andy, you tried valiantly and pitched well, but you're old and you got injured (see: Roy Oswalt), time for you to hang up the spikes and enjoy retirement.

Dr. Clemens ain't around anymore to help speed up the recovery process.

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August 30, 2012  10:17 AM ET
QUOTE(#4):

Andy, you tried valiantly and pitched well, but you're old and you got injured (see: Roy Oswalt), time for you to hang up the spikes and enjoy retirement.

Holy crap, for once I actually agreed with something you said.


<marks calendar>

August 30, 2012  10:41 AM ET
QUOTE(#9):

Look I like to throw barbs at the Yanks, but Pettitte ADMITTED he cheated and took his lumps and moved on - paid his dues as far as I'm concerned. He has enough money, he has a family, introduce one to the other and enjoy your days with your kids because they won't be kids forever.

Good post. Honest.

August 30, 2012  11:09 AM ET
QUOTE(#8):

Dr. Clemens ain't around anymore to help speed up the recovery process.

Ignorance is bliss....

August 30, 2012  11:11 AM ET

It happened 10 years ago...and he was a man and admitted it...the guy put the team first..mistake? Of course. And he has a broken bone in his leg, which takes time to heal especially for a pitcher. Oswalt, he just fell off the face of the Earth.

August 30, 2012  11:13 AM ET
QUOTE(#11):

Holy crap, for once I actually agreed with something you said. <marks calendar>

And when moose MARKS a calendar, he REALLY marks a calendar.

August 30, 2012  11:19 AM ET
QUOTE(#14):

It happened 10 years ago...and he was a man and admitted it...the guy put the team first..mistake? Of course. And he has a broken bone in his leg, which takes time to heal especially for a pitcher. Oswalt, he just fell off the face of the Earth.

Your right the man is a Saint.

August 30, 2012  11:55 AM ET

Eh, give him some HGH, he'll be ok faster than you can say Bartolo Colon...

August 30, 2012  01:27 PM ET

Quit Mr. Pettitte, just quit.

August 30, 2012  02:13 PM ET
QUOTE(#5):

^^^^^^^ THIS................Nothing left to prove.......

when you are done,, there is nothing else to prove in the big leagues,, and why would you chose to comeback anyways?? there are limits in every sport and for pettitte his time has gone long time ago,,,,

 
August 30, 2012  02:14 PM ET
QUOTE(#17):

Eh, give him some HGH, he'll be ok faster than you can say Bartolo Colon...

cashman wouldn't opposite to this comment,,,

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