Discussion: Should Andy Pettitte’s No. 46 Be Retired?

Via Ken Davidoff of Newsday: Cashman says no one will receive #46 in spring training. Retirement up to ownership. When Andy Pettitte left the Yankees for the Houston Astros a few years back they gave away his no. 46 and I had no problem with it. But he came back and was big for the Yankees again and won the clinching game in every round in 2009 as he won his fifth championship in Pinstripes. Now part of me would have a big problem with somebody donning no. 46 next year or even five or 10 years down the road. Consider this, Pettitte is at the top or damn near close to the top of a ton of Yankees pitching records. He’s second in games started (396), fourth in innings pitched (2535.2), second in strikeouts (1823), and third in wins (203). Pettitte also has the most playoff wins (19), starts (42), strikeouts (173) and innings pitched (263) of any Yankee all-time (There were no ALDS or ALCS in Whitey Ford’s days). He also played with the Bombers for 13 seasons. He w...