Of course they won't admit it, but their season ended today.
The Yankees lost their most clutch pitcher, Andy Pettitte as he decided to call it quits rather than play for a 17th season. The 38-year-old Pettitte said in a Stadium press conference that he he could've gotten into playing shape but that his "heart wasn't where he needs it to be."
So after winning five rings and going 240-138 with a 3.88 ERA in 13 seasons with the Yankees, Pettitte will head back to his ranch in South Texas and the Yankees will look to somehow stick a thumb in a hole in the dike that's as big as a Park Avenue sewer hole.
General Manager Brian Cashman may have talent hidden in the minors we don't know about, pitchers who will be asking for huge bucks four or five years from now. We do know that Pettitte work won't be patched up by retreads like Bartolo Colon and/or Freddie Garcia. And it will take a great number of band aids to hold their staff together until Seattle throws in the towel and puts King Felix on the block - that's assuming of course that the Red Sox aren't up by 15 come mid-July.
So no Cliif Lee, and now no Andy Pettitte. Braves fans used to say back in the 50's, "Spain and Sain and pray for rain." Now Yankees fans can say, "CC and Hughes and no way they're gonna fill those shoes."
video of Pettitte's press conference:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13106019&topic_id=16563494
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