Pettitte: McNamee Was My Good Friend, Too

New York Yankees lefty Andy Pettitte reported to Yankees spring training at Tampa, Florida today and faced the media for about an hour before heading to the mound to get reacquainted with the pitching coaches. Pettitte offered an apology to Yankees fans, to his teammates, and to baseball for his multiple uses of steroids and HGH. Afterwards, Pettitte fielded questions from the media. When asked about what he would say to Roger Clemens right now, Pettitte sidestepped the question and explained, “I love [Roger Clemens] like a brother, and he’s in a horrible situation. And, you know, [Brian McNamee] is my good friend too, and in the situation he was in, he told the truth about me.”

Pettitte is a scar on the face of baseball, to say the least. He goes out and does steroids, admits he did them when someone else turns him in, but doesn’t tell the full story. He said in his deposition that he also took them in 2004. It’s really sad that a pretty talented pitcher like Pettitte has to go and put a permanent asterisk on his numbers because he took steroids. What a waste.

That said, at least he told the truth. He’s still friends with Brian McNamee. The trainer did the right thing in turning him in. I don’t really know what to think about Clemens, but if Pettitte and McNamee were this close, I bet Clemens was close as well.