I saw this project on waswatching.com by Steve Lombardi, who runs that blog/website. I thought you guys might be interested so I'm passing it along here. He's trying to organize fans to let Andy Pettitte know how much they want him back. He's named it P46, aiming to get fans (his goal is 100,000!) to send Pettitte a note or card telling him how much they want him to return. Here's a link to the website: http://www.waswatching.com/archives/2007/11/project_p46_upd.html#comments
Hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving.
Comments (19)
I could think of 16 millions reasons why he would want to come back
Hope you had a good one too Kat! I still think the most important guy we need to get back is Andy. After all, it's all about pitching, and he is the ACE of our staff. Not to mention the leadership he brings to the clubhouse. Without him, the rotation looks very questionable. And, to replace him, we'll have to open up some other holes on the roster due to lost players. Somehow, we have got to get him back here for 2008. Give him a "Clemen's Clause" so he can keep his family happy.
It shows how much Andy is loved amongst most Yankee fans! I hope he returns and I see I am not alone in that feeling.
yanksfanmc
In Andy's case, I really don't think the money much matters. He is a devote family man and I don't think he puts $$ above his personal values. Many do, but I just don't think Andy Pettitte is one of them. That's why I suggested the "Clemen's Clause". It would be much more valuable to Andy than any amount of $$.
Put yourself in Pettitte's place. Would you let fans signature on a petition "sway" your decision about retirement? Not me. This is a decision that has an impact on both his family and himself. "Joe Fan" should "respect" this, and leave the man and his family alone.
Roy,
I don't believe it would change his mind if it is already set. So if nothing else it shows the fan's appreciation for what he has done and does show "respect". I don't see how this could be taken any other way? It's not like the paparazzi(sp?) hounding Britney Spears or the like...lol!
Ant Colony,
Looks like your dream of Joe Kennedy pitching for the Yankees took a hit today.
It appears as if he has died at 28 years old. What a shame for his family.
Man, what a horrible story about Joe Kennedy.
28 years old... awful
Kennedy's death is being reported as sudden and completely unexpected, possibly a brain anyeurism or heart attack, while at home with his family.
Man. Whatever the reason for his death... it's just terrible.
Let's see:
Ant obsesses over Joe Kennedy
Ant takes a visit to Florida
Joe Kennedy turns up dead in Florida with the cause undetermined...
I bet we could make this into a Law and Order or CSI episode...Sully, are you up for the writing?
On a more serious note, Ant will just have to hope that the Yanks use their money to buy Ted Lilly from the Cubs.
Didn't the Yankees have a catcher in the 1980s named Lombardi?
I think he was a September call up.
I could be wrong.
I've been wrong before
I couldn't just leave well enough alone.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lombaph01.shtml
PHIL Lombardi
I vaguely remember his Topps Card.
Evidently was dealt to the Mets for Rafael Santana
Sully
R. Santana - that jogs my memory a bit. I think he wore #17 and played SS for the Yanks for one season?? It was 1988, Billy's last go round. Anyhow, I have a story on him.
The night that I met Billy Martin and Clete Boyer at the Holeden House in Cleveland (many of the guys on here from last winter should remember the story), Santana was sitting at the table just to my left (about 3 feet from me). Many of the Yankee players were in the hotel bar that night - John Montefusco and Tim Stoddard a couple I remember along with Billy, Clete, and Art Fowler.
Anyhow, Billy was being hounded constantly for pics and autographs and graciously did every one of them. He loved the kids and always had a nice comment for each of them. Then, ONE kid (about 10 years old) had a number 17 NYY jersey and came over to Santana (3 feet from me) and asked him to sign it. He just shook his head no and the kid left in tears! I wanted to knock the A-hole right off his chair. He wasn't a star by any means and nobody else even knew who he was. He should have been honored to give that autograph, but instead, broke that kid's heart. Anyhow, that's what I remember about Rafael Santana, the great Yankee SS of 1988.
Remember all summer how I said to get Joe Kennedy?
Well he DIED!!!!!!!!!!
What a shock!
He was only 28.
I remember when he came up with TB(D)R and Tino Martinez said "He has a great arm."
Wow, you never know ...
Sully
It was John Candaleria, not Montefusco. My bad.
Dear Steve Lombardi,
Please pass this on to Andy Pettitte,
Dear Andy Pettitte,
Joe Kennedy is dead!
You are alive.
Take the US$ 16 million and buy gold coins, even at US$ 800 per ounce and some Swiss Francs. Oil is at US$ 100 per barrel and will go higher. The Dollar vs. the the Euro is horrendous. Gold is out of sight ... You won't get another payday like this one.
Apparently the Yankees can't see the coming financial implosion.
Alan Greenspan, Robert Rubin and Larry Summers can't save us nor "Save the World" as they did on the cover of Time Magazine not long ago. Larry couldn't even save himself at Harvard!
So do the right thing like any meek Christian boy would do and take the money and run ...
Beyond money, we are begging you to come back and pitch next year ...
If you do not come back we have to suffer with Kei Igawa (we want Jimmy Key but that is not possible!) as our only lefty. For US$ 46 million you think you would get more than ONE WIN! But no one understands Brian Cashman's genius, truly, only Brian.
Also, we can't have Ted Lilly. (Did you know he beat up his manager and is "uncoachable." Also he does not speak Spanish! Es una pena! Also he was named after Theodore Roosevelt! Bully for him!)
In summation ...
US$ 46 millino for Igawa = bad
US$ 16 million for Andy = good
Mucho gusto, y cuidate!
Ant Colony
PS ... can you ask Roger Clemens why he threw the broken bat at Piazza during the WS. He said it was because he "thought it was the ball."
Dodge ball ... throw ball at the other person
Dodge bat ... throw bat at runner going to first base
Is that correct?
Recovering from food (and eggnog!) coma by reading Yankee blogs this afternoon and ignoring leftover stuffing which is calling to me... it knows where I am... LOL
Most of the Yankee-related angst seems to be about pitching. Andy yes, Andy no, Santana yes, Santana no, which young arms are disposable in trade, which sacred and untouchable, and what. about. the. bullpen. will. it. ever. be. decent. again.
?????
While I was coasting along on a cloud thinking ALL THOSE YOUNG GUNS there'll be plenty for the rotation and the bullpen both. GET A FUNCTIONING FIRSTBASEMAN so all those ground balls won't turn into base hits.
Now I don't know whose thinking is out of touch with reality. Mine or theirs.
Great Santana story Rick.
Good to hear about Billy Martin as well.
I have one as well about Billy.
When I was 10 years old, my family took a trip from Massachusetts to New York. That's when I fell in love with Manhattan. Seriously, going to the Empire State Building, the Twin Towers, Central Park, Columbia... it was better than Disneyland.
We stayed at a hotel near Grand Central and it was around the time when Billy Martin left the A's to rejoin the Yankees (winter of 1982)
I was in the elevator with my dad and I looked over and there was Billy. Now granted I was a Sox fan and probably wearing a Sox hat... but I am always in awe of baseball legends. Besides, the trip to NY was so overwhelming for me WHY NOT be in an elevator with Billy Martin.
I was looking at him. Billy saw me look at him. Gave me a quick look, then looked back and smiled. He gave me a little fist pump and said "What's up buddy?"
I said "Not much Mr. Martin."
He said "Billy." And sadly we had to get off at the next floor.
He knew exactly who he was where he was and why he was loved... and even though he was a Yankee, how could you not love him?