Like his animated cousin, Nelson "Chicken" Hawks was a pretty fair hitter. While researching Wednesday’s historically-minded entry — an exercise in slow-news-day-throw-it-against-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks-to-it-iveness — I wound up at the Society for American Baseball Research’s ...

Ron Guidry was drafted by the Yankees in 1971. He first emerged from the farm system in 1975, and established himself as a rotation regular in 1977. In 1978, he won 25 games and the American League Cy Young Award. He went on to a 14-season career in which he started 323 games for the Yankees. Andy Pettitte: ...

Thanks, Andy! (AP) It shouldn’t surprise anyone, but the word coming over the wire is that Andy Pettitte has decided to retire. YESman Michael Kay had the scoop, but I think we’ve all known since that shot of him, moist eyed, in the dugout during the late innings of the Yankees’ final ...

Pettitte-Morris We’ve been doing a lot of debating about the Hall of Fame on this site recently, and I’m a bit late to the party. Actually, I’m a bit late to everything. People like to debate whether various aspects of one’s personality are inborn or a matter of choice. As far as my own clockworks ...

Paul Simon’s 1970 song “So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright,” sung by Art Garfunkel, features a long fadeout during which the phrase, “So long… So long…”is repeated about half a dozen times. During the final repeat, an apparently exasperated Simon shouts, “So long already, Artie!” The two men ...

It should be an easy call for the Yankees to offer Kerry Wood arbitration, and perhaps some smoked salmon as well. (AP) Today is the last day for teams to offer their free agents arbitration. It used to be that failing to offer arbitration pretty much ended things between player and team, but now the ...

There's no guarantee as to whether Andy Pettitte is coming back for more (AP). Last week’s news about the Yankees’ potential interest in mid-tier free agent starter Jorge de la Rosa came into focus with the latest news from Andy Pettitte. The 38-year-old lefty told a Houston TV station ...

All but lost in the midst of Cliff Lee’s dominating performance last night was the nearly brilliant showing by Andy Pettitte, who aside from a bad break against Josh Hamilton in the first inning — the slugger, who doesn’t hit lefties nearly as well as righties, was caught off guard and ...

I had an uncomfortable moment with my five-year-old son the other night. We were out at a store and saw a picture of a black and white cat. The cat was nigh-identical to one I had when I was his age and had greatly loved. Not really thinking about the implications, I said, “See that cat? I used to ...

Over at Baseball Prospectus I’ve gone in-depth on both Games One and Two of the Division Series between the Yankees and the Twins, a series which is following a familiar script, not only with the brilliant start from Andy Pettitte and the save by Mariano Rivera but with the Twins’ disappearing ...

Andy Pettitte in ALDS Game 2: A pro rises to the occasion. (AP) After the last out of tonight’s game, Pinstriped Bible-Study member Jay Jaffe tweeted, “Pettite with a brilliant start, Rivera with the save. Same as it ever was.” Tonight, everything went according to plan. Andy Pettitte, who ...

Andy Pettitte returns, gives hope, brings your dead ancestors back to life. (AP) Sunday’s game was a vivid demonstration of a Yankees offense that still isn’t working up to its full potential. The club had six walks in regulation play, three more in the 10th inning, and yet couldn’t put more than ...