There is something about putting words down on paper, they just seem so much more real. Saying them is one thing, writing them is a whole different ballgame.
And it has taken me five days to work up the courage to write these words: Andy Pettite is retiring.
There, I wrote it. It was as bad as I thought it would be.
Andy Pettite announced last week that he was retiring from pitching, from the New York Ysnkees, and from baseball. During his Thursday press conference, which was held at Yankee Stadium, this 16-year veteran pitcher, announced his retirement and his reasons for hanging up his cleats at just 38 years old. Even young by baseball standards.
He wants to see his kids grow, he has already missed too much of it already. Ghats understandable. And although he is perfectly healthy and his arm feels great, he doesn't feel that his heart is in the gane anymore.
In this era of overpaid and spoiled athletes, it is refreshing to find one that doesn't stuck around for the money.
And Pettite is a rarity. And he is retiring.
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