[新聞] Pettitte's '08 with Yankees or no one

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NEW YORK -- Andy Pettitte has already come to one important decision this
offseason. The left-hander will either pitch for the Yankees in 2008, or he
will not pitch at all.

The 35-year-old Pettitte told a television station on Tuesday at his
Houston-area golf tournament that he is in no rush to trigger his $16 million
player option for next season, with a decision required by 10 days after the
close of the World Series.

But Pettitte confirmed that he does not intend to turn down the option to
pitch for another team.

"The New York Yankees committed an awful lot of money to me and put it in my
hands, gave me a player option and trusted me with that option," Pettitte
told KRIV-TV. "It probably wouldn't be real honorable for me not to do
anything other than if I shut it down, shut it down or go back and play for
the New York Yankees."

Pettitte went 15-9 with a 4.05 ERA in 34 starts and two relief appearances
for the Yankees in 2007. He tied for first in the American League in starts
with seven other pitchers and ranked ninth in the circuit with 215 1/3
innings pitched, speaking late in the season about how strong his left elbow
felt.

Pettitte's start in Game 2 of the AL Division Series opposite Cleveland's
Fausto Carmona -- even though it came in a loss at Jacobs Field -- has been
referred to as one of the grittiest efforts of his career. He would have been
Joe Torre's choice to pitch the decisive ALDS Game 5 if the Yankees had
forced the series to go that far.

Pettitte returned to New York in 2007 on a $16 million contract after
reuniting with several members of the 1996 Yankees at an offseason reunion
dinner, and he often cited Torre's influence as a major reason why he came
back.

Now Torre is gone, leaving the organization after a 12-year run and
potentially on his way to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Pettitte said he was happy
for the new Yankees manager -- former batterymate Joe Girardi -- but said
that he would not let the managerial change influence his decision.

"It won't," Pettitte told the television station. "I've got to figure out in
my own mind exactly what I want to do. I know a lot of speculation is out
there as far as with [Torre] losing the job and stuff like that -- what
effect it would have -- but the Yankees gave me the contract. That's the
organization that has committed to me, and it won't have any bearing."

In a conference call with reporters announcing his hiring on Tuesday, Girardi
said that the Yankees are hopeful to field a team including not only
Pettitte, but also free agents Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera.

"Obviously, they're important Yankees," Girardi said. "They have meant so
much to the organization. All three of them had very good years, and they're
very good players. I think everyone would like to see them in a Yankees
uniform next year."

Pettitte said that the Yankees lined up three strong candidates in Girardi,
Don Mattingly and Tony Pena, all of whom would have made good choices.

"The three guys they interviewed, it would have been great for any of them,"
Pettitte said. "They are all great men. I don't think they could have went
wrong with anybody they picked.

"I played with Joe. He's caught me plenty. He's a great baseball man. He's
going to do a good job for them."

Pettitte has a lifetime record of 201-113 in a Major League career that began
with the Yankees in 1995. He has posted a winning record and made at least 15
starts in each of his 13 seasons in the big leagues, and he earned his 200th
career victory on Sept. 19 vs. the Orioles. Pettitte's 164 wins as a Yankee
tie him with Mel Stottlemyre for sixth place on the club's all-time list.


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