Oct 24
Every post-season “Game 6″ that Andy Pettitte has ever started, to date:
Cnt Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit +----+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+-- 1 2003-10-25 WS 6 NYY FLA L 0-2 GS-7 ,L 7 6 2 1 3 7 0 106 2 2003-10-15 ALCS 6 NYY BOS L 6-9 GS-5 5 8 4 4 2 5 1 92 3 2001-11-03 WS 6 NYY @ARI L 2-15 GS-3 ,L 2 7 6 6 2 1 0 62
O.K., sure, it’s an extremely small sample size – no questions there. But, Pettitte has never won a “Game 6″ in his long post-season career. Will Game 6 of the 2009 ALCS break that streak?
9 Responses to “The Andy Pettitte Game Six Curse?”
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October 24th, 2009 at 11:29 am
The ‘03 game was the Beckett game. Andy gave up 1 ER in 7 innings. Can’t fault Pettitte for that one.
I feel like the ‘old guard’ that suffered through 2004 are on a silent mission this year though they will never, ever publicly say so. No surprise then that Jeter, Posada and yes, Andy, are playing so well right now.
October 24th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Have to wonder – if Pettitte had been here in 2004, would that disaster had ever happened? Probably not…
October 24th, 2009 at 11:57 am
PS – I know that Pettitte’s season in 2004 ended early due to elbow surgery…but, maybe, just maybe, if he was in NY that season he could have avoided that injury. But, maybe that’s all just wishful thinking…
October 24th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
@ Steve Lombardi:
Steve, I think the ‘04 debacle was due to more than one player, though a starting pitcher with cojones certainly would have helped. Too many superstars wanting nothing more than big contracts and gutless pitchers. And yes, give some credit to the other guys who clearly wanted it more.
October 24th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Pettitte was tipping his pitches in the 2001 game, or so say the D’backs.
So basically that’s one bad game and one good one. I’d be more worried about the fact the Angels hit him well.
October 24th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Jesus, as if I need any more reason to be spooked and pessimistic about tonight?
I swear, I am just absolutely f**king miserable about tonight’s game. I’ve never been sadder about a baseball game in my life. I am looking forward to my 7:30 am visit to the dentist on Monday more than I am looking forward to tonight’s game…
October 24th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Pettitte did injure his arm swinging in 2004, so maybe he would’ve been fine? Eh, who knows, but Andy was nails in 2003, he was just bested by Beckett- it happens.
October 24th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Correction in these streaks are inevitable… maybe tonight gets rained out
and he pitches tomorrow which was technically game 7 and he wins… yeah.. i hv too much spare time
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:20 pm
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