He's Back

On Sunday May 13, 2012, Andy Pettitte returned to the mound at Yankee Stadium to make his first major league start since the 2010 season. During that season Andy was 11-2 with a 3.28 ERA at the age of 38. After that season, Pettitte retired to spend more time with his family.

Evidently, his family got real sick of him and Pettitte announced his comeback in March 2012 and signed a one-year deal on March 16, 2012. Pettitte took the mound on May 13, to a roaring ovation from the fans at Yankee Stadium. After Andy settled in, through the first three innings he was looking like the Andy Pettitte of old allowing no hits over the first three innings. However, the next three and one third innings did not go over as well. The first hit he allowed was a homerun off the bat of Justin Smoak of the Mariners.

As the game went on and Andy got tired the Mariners started to get to him. Andy finished the day allowing four runs on seven hits over 6 1/3 innings with two strikeouts. Which really is not a terrible line for someone who has been out of baseball for over a year. However, it was not good enough for the Yankees to get the win and the Mariners’ offense is sub-par at best. Nonetheless, one thing is certain. Regardless of how Pettitte pitches in the regular season, he will perform when it matters most in October for he holds the record for most postseason wins all-time in baseball history.