Getty Images It’s Mother’s Day, sure.
But it’s also Andy Pettitte Day.
As expected, the Bombers have promoted the veteran left-hander from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and will start him on Sunday afternoon in their series-finale with the Mariners at Yankee Stadium.
Cody Eppley was optioned to the minor leagues on Sunday morning to open a 25-man roster spot for Pettitte and David Phelps has been demoted back to his long-relief role to create the necessary opening in the starting rotation.
Pettitte, 39, hasn’t appeared in a major league game since the 2010 season.
He agreed to a minor league contract with the Yankees in mid-March after spending a year in retirement and registered a 3.71 ERA in four rehab starts before getting clearance late last week to return to the Yanks.
Pettitte is expected to throw around 100 pitches Sunday against the light-hitting Seattle lineup.
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- proudlycanadian - May 13, 2012 at 12:36 PM
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What do you mean by “Mother’s Day”? I thought that it was “Old Timers Day”.
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- Utley's Hair - May 13, 2012 at 12:52 PM
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Hey! Who said I had a mother?
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- proudlycanadian - May 13, 2012 at 1:37 PM
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Mine died in 1996.
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- Utley's Hair - May 13, 2012 at 12:55 PM
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the mother’s out in HBT land.
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- buffalomafia - May 13, 2012 at 12:55 PM
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He is pitching against crappy Seattle? How would Andy do against Texas or Detroit?
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- bigharold - May 13, 2012 at 1:31 PM
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Which is like the reason why the Yankees decided against him making one more AAA start, .. hitting wise the M’s are AAAA.
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- aceshigh11 - May 13, 2012 at 1:27 PM
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Donald “Duck” Dunn (Booker T and the MGs bassist), RIP.
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- proudlycanadian - May 13, 2012 at 1:40 PM
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Agreed. If you look at some of the old Sam and Dave or Otis Redding videos, Duck Dunn is the blond haired guitarist.
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- randygnyc - May 13, 2012 at 1:28 PM
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Andy, getting his feet wet with the anemic mariner squad. Get er done.
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- beastmode5150 - May 13, 2012 at 1:28 PM
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Hey buffalo mania, you mean the tigers that the mariners swept in Detroit and are 4-2 against this year?
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- proudlycanadian - May 13, 2012 at 2:29 PM
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Pettitte was pitching well until the 4th inning when he gave up a HR to Smoak after a Montero single. With the hit, Smoak moved his average up to the Mendoza line. Millwood is pitching for Seattle and is in trouble as I type this.
