Yankees/Red Sox is the best rivalry in sports, in my opinion, so it's always shocking to see players on both sides of it. Of course, it's not exactly a rare occurrence. From Babe Ruth through Johnny Damon, there's player movement between the two teams just like any other two teams. Still, wouldn't it be incredibly odd to see Andy Pettitte in a Red Sox uniform? The thought isn't near as weird as Derek Jeter or Mariano Rivera switching sides, for example, but it's close.
Pettitte has started 30 games against the Red Sox in the regular season, and three more in the postseason -- including two games in the 2003 stomach punch ALCS where the alleged curse continued.
And now, the Boston Red Sox are interested in the lefty, just like they were in 2004. Given their current starting rotation, he'd fit as a nice fourth behind Josh Beckett, Daisuke Matsuzaka, and Jon Lester. He'd also provide a veteran presence with significant postseason experience, as opposed to them heading into the season with both Justin Masterson and Clay Buchholz in the rotation.
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12-10-2008 @ 3:56PM
Bobby said...
Leave him in NY,hes done,if anything the Sox should resign Derek Lowe,or AJBurnett,
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12-11-2008 @ 9:50AM
Mike said...
I don't have any faith in Theo at all. With all the free agent pitching out there, he wastes a starting slot by resigning an aged, and average, Tim Wakefield? With the money saved from Manny and Schilling, he could have locked up Burnett AND Lowe, as I hear the Yanks are about to do. Now who in hell could have beaten Beckett, Lester, Matzo, Burnett and Lowe? Mark my words---Teixeira is NOT "it". His numbers aren't much different from Youks, and he certainly can't even be mentioned in the same breath as Manny and others. SO why the talk of $20-25 mil a year? It's crazy!
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