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I feel like he was the greatest left-handed pitcher I ever saw pitch at Yankee Stadium. “I always told him that when his time was done in this game, his name would be right up there with the greatest left-handed pitchers to put on a Yankees uniform. Even though he lives in Texas, he has Louisiana in his blood, and I always kid him about that.

“As the years came and went, my wife, Bonnie and I had the opportunity to get to know him, and he became one of our favorites. When he broke in with the Major League club, he was already on a quality team, but with that influx of young talent-Jeter, Posada, Mariano and Andy-those teams became great. But at that stage of his career it was hard for me to be sure how good he would become. “When I saw him early in his career, back in the early ‘90s, I could tell he was going to be good. Tino Martinez (former Yankees first baseman and teammate of Pettitte from 1996-2001) No matter how he was feeling he went out there every five days and gave us a chance to win.” In the clubhouse, he cared about the team winning, and he wasn’t interested in his individual stats. “Andy was one of my favorite teammates in my entire career, and he is a great person off the field. And that’s what he did time and time again. When the time comes for a big game, you want a guy who’s going to give you seven strong innings.

Yankees andy pettitte series#

“Since I’ve been retired, I’m always asked, ’Who would you have pitch a World Series Game 7?’ And I always say, ‘Andy Pettitte.’ When people ask why, I tell them it was because he was so prepared for every start. Without him we don’t win all four World Series. Whitey Ford might have more wins as a left hander, but through the seasons we won all those World Series, he was the anchor of our staff every year. “He is one of the greatest pitchers in Yankees history.