After 16 years in the major leagues, longtime Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte formally announced his retirement at a press conference at Yankee Stadium today. Though he said he was conflicted about the decision, ultimately, his heart wasn't in it to play for another year: “I’m ready to go pitch at spring training if I had to. My arm feels fine. My body feels fine. But my heart’s not where it needs to be...It just didn't feel right for me anymore. I didn't have the hunger, the drive I felt like I needed." more ›

ESPN is reporting that longtime Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte has decided to retire and will make his official announcement on Friday at Yankee Stadium. A high ranking Yankees official told them, "He's on a plane right now, and unless he changes his mind in the air there will be a press conference tomorrow and he will retire." more ›

Since the Cliff Lee fiasco, the Yankees have been quietly putting feelers out for quality pitchers. According to Yankees President Randy Levine, there's one man they keep coming back to time and again: Andy Pettitte. "Andy's a great Yankee and a great person and I know he'll give it thought and follow his heart and we'll respect his decision. But we're out there, all of us, hoping every day that he comes back. I think he knows we need him. I think he knows how much we respect him and what a great leader he is." Who could turn down an enthusiastically desperate plea like that? According to teammates, probably Pettitte. more ›

The Yankees took control of the ALDS with a 5-2 win over the Twins Thursday. Andy Pettitte pitched like he did in the first half of the season and Mariano Rivera set the Twins down for his second save of the series. Lance Berkman had a huge game, homering and adding a RBI-double in the 7th to break up a 2-2 tie. Curtis Granderson added three hits and a RBI. more ›

Boston 10 Yankees 8: The Yankees fell way behind and ultimately fell out of first place Friday. Andy Pettitte clearly didn’t have it, surrendering seven runs in just over three innings of work and the Red Sox jumped out to a 10-1 lead. New York battled back thanks to two home runs each from A-Rod and Mark Teixeira plus Nick Swisher’s 28th blast of the year. But it wasn’t enough and the loss keeps the Red Sox playoff hopes alive and the magic number at 3. more ›

The Mets win in 10 innings over San Francisco—K-Rod got the wine, but David Wright, Phil Cuzzi and Ike Davis combined for the save. The Yankees beat the Rays, in spite of Andy Pettitte giving up three runs in the first (he had to leave the game in the third due to a groin injury). more ›

The Yankees win big over the Blue Jays, thanks to 11 runs in the third inning. The Mets fell to the Nationals, when K-Rod wasn't able to seal a victory. more ›

Mets 6 Minnesota 0: Jon Niese improved to 5-2 with six-shutout innings and the Mets’ bats pounded out 14 hits in the victory. Ike Davis had his 9th home run of the year, Jeff Francoeur his 8th and David Wright added three hits and two RBI’s. The win and the Atlanta loss puts the Mets just a half-game out of first place. more ›

Yankees 11 Cleveland 2: Note to opposing teams, intentionally walk Mark Teixeira at your own risk. For the seventh time since Mark Teixeira joined the Yankees, the opposition chose to pitch around him and face A-Rod and for the seventh time A-Rod delivered. This time it was a grand slam that turned a 2-1 game into a much more comfortable 6-1 game. more ›

Mets 2 St. Louis 1 (20 innings): For a team that has supposedly quit on its’ manager, the Mets are doing a lousy job of living up to the script. One night after having their heartbroken, the Mets showed character that few pundits thought was possible. Not only did they survive multiple threats in extra innings, but they survived a blown save from K-Rod in the 19th inning. Mike Pelfrey ended up with an unlikely win and Jose Reyes had the GWRBI. more ›

Last night, a few of the Yankees paid a visit to David Letterman to discuss their World Series win. Captain Derek Jeter, pitcher Andy Pettitte and catcher Jorge Posada (the fourth member of the "Core Four," reliever Mariano Rivera, wasn't there) chatted with Letterman—and at the end of the segment, MVP Hideki Matsui came out with the World Series trophy. Letterman said they must be hungover and Jeter said, "Probably not as bad as you." more ›

Yankees 7, Phillies 3: For the first time since 2000 and the 27th time in franchise history, the New York Yankees are the World Champions of baseball. The Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies four games to two behind the bat of Hideki Matsui and the solid pitching of Andy Pettitte. Matsui was 3-4 in the game, including two two-RBI hits off Phillies starter Pedro Martinez and two more RBI against Phillies reliever Chad Durbin. more ›

• New Jersey 4 Pittsburgh 1: The Devils did what only one other team has accomplished this year- they beat the Penguins. Mark Frasier got things going with a goal in the first and Martin Brodeur stopped 32-of-33 shots to make Pittsburgh 9-and-2.
• Montreal 5 Rangers 4 (OT): New York blew 3-1 and 4-2 leads as the Canadiens stormed back and earned the win in extra time. Scott Gomez had two assists in his first game as a Canadien against the Rangers and New York now has a three-game losing streak.
• Washington 3 Islanders 2 (OT): Maybe it’s a New York thing? The Islanders also blew a two-goal lead as the Capitals scored twice in the third period and then again in OT to earn the two points.

The Yankees have won 102 games and apart from their slow start, dominated the American League. But none of that matters now as Wednesday as they will begin their quest for a championship against either Minnesota or Detroit. more ›

• Rangers 5 Ottawa 2: Hockey has blue lines. The Rangers have blue shirts and blue seats and apparently Blue Man Group as fans. They performed before the game and maybe it inspired New York. The top line had a huge night with four goals and two assists while Michael Del Zotto made his case to stay in the NHL and not return to juniors with his first goal and a solid game.

• Yankees 6, Blue Jays 4: By avoiding a losing streak, the Yankees extended their American League East lead to 8 1/2 games. Andy Pettitte labored through six innings of four-run ball. That included four walks. Robinson Cano and Mark Teixeira had homers for Yankees, who bounced back from being one-hit on Friday night. Derek Jeter's two hits move him seven away from breaking Lou Gehrig's all-time Yankees hit record. Sergio Mitre will start Sunday's finale.

• Andy Pettitte had a perfect game in Baltimore broken up when Jerry Hairston Jr. made an error with two outs in the seventh inning. Luckily for Hairston, Pettitte gave up a single to the next batter, but who knows what would have happened had the third baseman, playing to spell Alex Rodirguez, made the play? Pettitte finished by going eight innings, walking none and striking out eight and allowing a lone run. The Yankees won, 5-1, and lead the American League East by 6.5 games. Nick Swisher homered for the 19th time on the road -- he has 22 overall -- to start the scoring. He also had an RBI double.
• At the chilly US Open where sweatshirts were flying off shelves faster than a Roddick serve, all the big names advanced: Federer, Serena Williams, Venus Williams (actually close against Vera Dushevina), Roddick, Davydenko, Blake.

• Yankees 9, Rangers 2: Could Red Sox fans actually be cheering for the Yankees? With the Yankees win and Boston's win, the Sox now lead the Rangers in the AL Wild Card by 2.5 games. The Yankees offense started to get going in the 2nd inning against Rangers starter Derek Holland, with Jorge Posada's three-run homer, his 17th of the season. Andy Pettitte, who hasn't lost since July 25th (he has 3 wins in the six-game stretch), pitched seven strong innings allowing only 2 runs. The Yankees added 5 more runs in the 7th inning to put the game well out of reach. With the win, they maintain their 6 game lead over the Red Sox in the AL East.

• Yankees 20, Red Sox 11: Entering Fenway Park with a 6 1/2-game lead, the Yankees' main goal should have been to avoid a sweep. They did just that by pouring it on against Brad Penny and a host of Red Sox pitchers. Every spot in the order had a hit, an RBI and a run scored, though Johnny Damon left the game after fouling a ball off his knee and striking out. The Yankees will have A.J. Burnett and CC Sabathia the next two days as they try to put even more space between them and their rivals. Believe it or not, this was the Yankees' first win at Fenway this season.

The Yankees' winning streak was snapped at eight, with a loss to the Oakland Athletics. However, the Mets won over the Houston Astors, thanks to seven innings from rookie Jose Niese. more ›

Andy Pettitte once again fell victim to his home ballpark, but that wasn't the only story in the Yankees' 7-6 loss to the Blue Jays. The bats almost bailed Pettitte out, making a furious comeback from a 7-1 deficit, but a sweep of the four-game series was not to be. Derek Jeter got thrown out stealing third with no one out in the first inning, but replays showed he avoided the tag. He and manager Joe Girardi took exception when third-base umpire Marty Foster said it didn't matter. No matter the call, that wasn't a good decision by Jeter, and it wasn't a good outing by Pettitte, who doesn't look comfortable in the Bronx. The Yankees finish the first half with a trip to Minnesota and then Anaheim to face the Angels. more ›

• Mets 1, Brewers 0: This one was simple. Mike Pelfrey worked 7 2/3 scoreless innings, Ryan Church singled in the game's only run in the sixth, and the Mets snapped a five-game losing streak. Francisco Rodriguez got the save. For those looking to credit Tuesday's 28-minute meeting, note this: Pelfrey wasn't at the meeting. The Mets are one game under .500 but still in the thick of things in the wonderful world of the National League.
• Yankees 4, Mariners 2: Not only have the Yankees won seven straight games, but they haven't trailed since the sixth inning of last Wednesday's win against Atlanta. Alex Rodriguez hit a go-ahead homer for the second straight night. This time, the bullpen made it stand up. Andy Pettitte even pitched well at Yankee Stadium for once, allowing two runs in six innings. He struck out five and walked one in six innings.
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• Yankees 11, Braves 7: Derek Lowe didn't pitch quite as well for the Braves as he did for the Red Sox in Game 7 of the 2004 American League Championship Series. The Yankees got to him for eight runs in three innings. Andy Pettitte wasn't much better, allowing six runs in 3 2/3. But the bullpen work of Alfredo Aceves and Phil Coke helped the Yankees stop the bleeding and take the rubber game of this three-game series. Johnny Damon had four RBIs, as did Alex Rodriguez, who hit a homer as well.

• Yankees 5 Florida 1: Joe Girardi’s return to Florida was a successful one. The Yankees jumped out to a 1-0 lead and added four more runs before the Marlins even got on the scoreboard. That was all Andy Pettitte needed as he pitched seven-strong innings, striking out seven while he added a RBI-double in the second. A-Rod got his first day off since he returned from the DL,
• Mets 5 Tampa Bay 3: Screw Kazmir, the Mets have Fernando. Fernando Nieve kept the Rays in check for six innings and while the bullpen let them back in the game, F-Rod shut the door. Brian Schnieder hit his first homer and David Wright and Ryan Church added RBI’s in the win.

• Mets 6, Yankees 2: The next time someone says, "[insert team] will have a tough time recovering from such a devastating loss," point him to this game. The Mets had no trouble shrugging off Friday night's disaster -- a game that turned from victory to defeat when Luis Castillo dropped a popup with two outs in the ninth -- and cruised past the Yankees. Fernando Nieve, making his first start in almost three years, allowed only two runs in 6 2/3 innings while filling in for John Maine. Omir Santos had a homer and a double off Andy Pettitte, who lasted only five innings. Gary Sheffield also went deep for the Mets, who will send Johan Santana to the mound in Sunday's rubber game.

Yankees 5 Tampa Bay 3: The ball certainly carries in the Bronx. The new ballpark saw five dingers on Monday, four of them by the Yankees as they finished their homestand with a 4-2 record. Mark Teixeira got things started and Nick Swisher added a two-run shot to put New York up 3-0. But, Andy Pettitte had a rough fourth, allowing three runs, before settling down to pitch well in the fifth and sixth. Johnny Damon and Derek Jeter added solo shots for the final two runs of the game and Mariano Rivera recorded his 14th save. New York now heads to Boston for three games with the second-place Red Sox, a team they have not defeated this season. more ›

Texas 4 Yankees 2: It was a big night at the ballpark for the Yankees, but perhaps more for what happened off the field. Before the game New York announced that Chien-Ming Wang will return to the rotation tomorrow and Phil Hughes will head to the bullpen. On the field, the Yankees could not recover from a mediocre start from Andy Pettitte. Pettitte could not find command of his pitches during the game and he walked six and allowed three runs in the first; deficits the Yankees could not overcome. Their loss and the Red Sox win means it is all tied up at the top of the AL East. more ›

• Yankees 7, Twins 6: Andy Pettitte gave up two runs in the first inning, but the Yankees had his back. They got four runs before they made an out and six runs in the frame. Then they held on with Mariano Rivera sitting in the bullpen. Mark Teixeira had a three-run homer (as a righty) and a solo shot (as a lefty). Alex Rodriguez went deep right after Teixeira did in the first. Pettitte struck out three and walked one in his 6 1/3 innings. Edwar Ramirez, Jose Veras and Phil Coke combined to almost give up the lead. This game ended a streak of three straight walk-off wins, but the Yankees will take it. They have won six straight.
• Dodgers 3, Mets 2 (11 innings): After getting an impressive start from Tim Redding and tying the game in the eighth inning, the Mets threw it away. Ryan Church missed third base in the 11th, costing the Mets the go-ahead run. In the bottom of the inning, Carlos Beltran and Jeremy Reed both made errors, and the Dodgers walked off with the victory. The worst news of the day came earlier, as the Mets learned they would be without Carlos Delgdo for about two months. He has a hip injury similar to the one that kept the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez out of action.
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