It was a good pitching performance except for all the runs the other team scored.

"A less charitable person would come to the conclusion that Andy Pettitte did not respond to the challenge and failed miserably Friday night. That person, you might notice, has a quick temper and a short memory. That person is named Andy Pettitte."

Andy Pettitte did not respond to the challenge and failed miserably Friday night.


"You wanted to say: Geez, lighten up, pally."

I wanted to say, "Go back to Houston."


"The Yanks’ 6-4 loss at Citi Field also represented the best of Pettitte, because any other pitcher would have crashed, burned, and skulked off in abject surrender, leaving the bullpen in a crisis for the rest of the weekend.

Instead, Pettitte threw five zeroes."

A better pitcher would not have allowed five runs in the first inning.

It's not unusual at all for a starting pitcher to "settle down" after a terrible first inning. It's so common, that "settling down" is, like, a baseball thing.

Congratulations on saving the bullpen, though.