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Originally posted by Not Bob
Interesting that no entries such as "George took him to Monday Night Football game" or "George visited him at his home" or "George took him to dinner" appear on the Yankees web site. I guess George didn't want to get personally invovled in what was allegedly the highest-priority contract to be signed for the Yankees this off-season.
Look, that guy they got from the Expos is good, and Brown is as well. The point is that Pettite has won around 150 games for the Yankees, and a lot of his playoff and World Series wins came after some other schmoe lost the previous game. Maybe his wife would never have let him re-up with New York, but how do you let him go with so little effort? I can't count the number of times that I've seen some reference in the press to George schmoozing Sheffield -- why on earth didn't he pick up the phone even once to call Petitte?
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Excellent question. But please note: I never shifted
all the blame to Pettitte. I think Steinbrenner considers a player currently on his teams as a lock to resign as long as he offers more money than other teams. Why does he have to wine and dine someone who just said they would never play for Boston and couldn't imagine playing in another uniform?
Sure he should have called him. But jesus christ, man. Pettitte is a fucking adult. He doesn't need sweet nothings whispered in his ear every five minutes. He was offered more money to stay with the team he spent his whole career playing for. Steinbrenner has to fly down to Houston to take him out for Miles of Chocolate or worse yet, spend Thanksgiving kissing his ass?
Both parties were at fault. But you, Ty and Burger seem to think that Cashman couldn't possibly be telling the truth when he said he made an effort to sign him and that Pettitte was driven out of town. That's ludicrous.
TM
