Pettitte-Torre talk initiated to drive up Yankee price--LA Times

LAS VEGAS --12/10, "All that talk about Andy Pettitte becoming a Dodger was apparently just that -- talk.

• Randy Hendricks, the agent for the free-agent left-hander, helped to initiate moves that led to a phone call between Pettitte and Dodgers Manager Joe Torre earlier this fall.
• That wasn't an effort to find work for his client in L.A. --
• but rather to drive the price up in New York.

Pettitte, 36, made $16 million during each of the last two seasons, and wants that much again next year. But the Yankees' best offer is $10 million. And if New York doesn't deliver, Pettitte, who won 14 games last year, is said to be leaning toward retirement rather than pitching for another team -- Torre's Dodgers included.

• Yankees Manager Joe Girardi said Tuesday that he hasn't spoken to the pitcher in about 10 days."

photo by Getty, 9/21/08, last game at Yankee Stadium

• 12/4/08 Newsday article

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