Pettitte’s Pitch for Potency

Now that the Bombers are 20+ games in, it’s time for a shell from the Oshen on where we is. Undoubtedly the nicest surprise of the season is the sparkling start of our beloved, but beleaguered boy from Texas, Monsieur Pettitte. With three wins versus a lone loss, and an All Star-ish 2.45 ERA, Andy, who copped this offseason to a few instances of juicing in his long lost past, has let his pitching do the talking thus far. No one would argue that Pettitte felt terrible for his unintentional implication of his buddy Roger Clemens in the steroid scandal currently rocking the league, yet he appears to have shifted the weight of all the questions and any guilt to those powerful legs that have served him (and the Yanks) so well in past years.

The man is simply pitching very well, and power to him. Obviously it’s a tad early to be making predictions, but what the hell, here goes: Andy defies age and all naysayers with a stellar 2008 that will reestablish this quintessentially Bronx ball hurler as one of NY’s all time greats. Wait for it.