Fans crowd the rail as they wait for New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte to warm up for a rehab start with the Trenton Thunder on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, in Trenton, N.J., in a baseball game against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte watches from the dugout during the Yankees' 11-5 win over the Oakland Athletics in a baseball game Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi, with pitcher Andy Pettitte behind him, arrives for a news conference Tuesday at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, Calif. The All-Star Game there coincidently was scheduled on the same day that Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died. He rebuilt the Yankees into a sports empire with a mix of bluster and big money that polarized fans all across America but in the end won their respect. (Associated Press)
This Oct. 21, 1998, file photo shows New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner getting a champagne shower from Andy Pettitte (left) and other Yankees in the clubhouse after Game 4 of the World Series at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. Steinbrenner, who rebuilt the Yankees into a sports empire with a mix of bluster and big bucks that polarized fans all across America, died Tuesday, July 13, 2010. He had just celebrated his 80th birthday July 4. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
