#andy pettitte

[andywayswhatever]

hai

[mlbsmashorpass]

former yankees (and astros </3) pitcher / current advisor , andy pettitte

i think his face is. very underrated

[citrulbop]

how can a man be drawn as both a rugged old man and a twink?

yes, i am currently invested in andy pettitte. cant wait for the playoffs tmrw.

sorry for the lack of actual posts. tumblr has been...less appealing 4 me

[dinosaurwithablog]

They're having an auction, and they're offering a 30 minute pitching lesson with all time great pitcher, Andy Pettitte. I think that Clay Holmes should bid on this opportunity. He'll need more than 30 minutes, though. Just saying 😁

Let's go Yankees!!!!!

Clay Holmes is the closer tonight. Oh no!!! He's already walked one player. I hope that he proves me wrong. I'd like to see him do well and get the third win in a row for the Yankees. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[spixycong]

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Andy Pettitte I drew for a request on twitter

[trendynewsnow]

Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees: The Evolution of October Baseball

CLEVELAND — A Legacy of October Heroes For an entire generation of baseball fans, Andy Pettitte was as synonymous with October as fun-size Snickers bars and pumpkin-spice lattes. Over his illustrious career, he made 44 postseason starts, amassing an astounding number of innings that no other pitcher comes close to matching—nearly 50 innings ahead of the next closest competitor. Each time…

[mahgnib]

Yankee pitching great Andy Pettitte with his trademark intense glare, partially hidden by the brim of his cap

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[andywayswhatever]

ohhh yeah. yankees yaoi

bonus rizzo kevin hart livestream meme

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

When MLB players return from injury during the season, they'll often play a few games in the minor leagues to ease themselves back. For baseball fans who live far from any major-league stadium, these games are convenient ways to watch superstars in action, and they tend to draw huge crowds.

Anyway, I'm watching my Rochester Red Wings take on reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole of the New York Yankees Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders tomorrow night. They are doomed.

[gusbuses]

thinking endlessly about your baseball tags… thank you for telling me about this beautiful world 🥹🫶 also giggling at the idea that w.smith knew fuck all but was trying to act cool about it and be different by saying anything other than “pitcher” (everyone’s answer basically). beautiful dimensions being added to my posts by beloved mutual max gusbuses dot tumblr…!!!

- puckpocketed on main 🦈💙

hello van puckpocketed dot tumblr!! :D <3333

i do really think it would've been funny if he had said catcher or pitcher since theres two will smiths in the mlb! one a catcher for the la dodgers and the other a pitcher for the kansas city royals!!! but shortstop is a very common dream position due to derek jeter (ny yankees) and nomar garciaparra (bos red sox) in the early 2000s!! personally i wanted to be a pitcher like andy pettitte or cc sabathia which was never gonna happen cause i am not left handed lmao

[andywayswhatever]

god i love him.

Yay.

[afpwestcoast]

Union Transfer, Philadelphia, 6/8/24

Before the show there was a Patreon meet-up at RUBA, an eclectic event venue that was an easy walk from Union Transfer. Amanda played In My Mind, and Gaga, Palmer, Madonna on the ukulele, explaining that she had recently relearned the latter for a fundraising party for MIT Press, with whom she is contemplating collaborating on a new book. She talked about how she was absolutely furious when she went on stage last night, without specifying why. But she said she had wanted to play Truce because playing it while angry is “pure catharsis.” In the event they did not play Truce at either show, and speculation on how Truce was or was not related to the source of her fury is left as an exercise for the reader. She then settled in to answer questions from the crowd, and I raised my hand to utter perhaps the most cringe-inducing sentence in the English language: “I don’t have a question, but I have something to share.”

Since the bulk of our relationship consists of trading snarky barbs, you could almost see Amanda mentally bracing for what was to come.

I said, “Last night on stage you talked about how songs could be a kind of curse, and it reminded me of the first thing I ever wrote about you. This would have been in 2004 before I had ever met or talked to you, so it’s basically my first impression based solely on your performance.”

Amanda: <significantly more mental bracing>

Me: Here’s what I said: Amanda Palmer does not sing for money, and she does not sing for your entertainment. Amanda Palmer sings in self defense because there are powerful songs rampaging through her soul and if she doesn’t release them they will destroy her. Amanda: …

Me: And so … I see you.

Amanda: …

Me: …

Amanda: …

Me: …

Amanda: …

Me: OH MY GOD I SHUT YOU UP!

Amanda: <very softly> It was the ‘self defense’ part that got me.

——

We actually beat Amanda to the venue and were already lined up when she arrived for sound check. She came over to me and said, “The guy who shut me up!” and gave me a fist-bump.

I said, “I was hoping for a ‘Fuck you, Tom.’” (The coveted ‘Fuck you, Tom’ is the highest achievement award in my interactions with Amanda.)

“No!” she replied. “I was too sad.”

The show on Friday was definitely a good, solid show. While discussing the difficulty of comparing the quality of different shows my friend Cam, another frequent attendee of multiple shows, put it very succinctly: “Did I ever tell you about the worst Dresden Dolls show I ever saw? It was pretty good!” So really, nothing bad to say about the Friday show. But the Saturday show was simply on another level.

The band was tighter - think Friday: dress rehearsal, Saturday: opening night.

The crowd was more animated and responsive. Everything just clicked. It was an absolute thing of beauty to behold. After the show we were at the end of the signing line and so got to spend a bit more time with Amanda than we normally would have. The main topics of conversation were the incredible energy from both the band and the crowd, and the immeasurable fuckability of Andy Pettitte twenty years ago, which was the source of major bonding between Amanda and my friend Nikki.

I told Amanda it was an amazing show and that during the gobsmacking intro to Half Jack I literally started laughing out loud. Not because anything was funny, but because I was just So. Fucking. Happy.

She said, “Awww! I fucking love you!” And melted into my arms for a big hug. It was no ‘Fuck you, Tom,’ but it will do in a pinch.

Annotated Set List:

Good Day (Brian on guitar to start)

Gravity

Sex Changes

Backstabber

My Alcoholic Friends

Missed Me

Ultima Esperanza

Welcome to the Internet (Bo Burnham cover) “This song is by a fellow Masshole, and I take a lot of pride in that.”

Pirate Jenny This song from The Threepenny Opera (lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill) has been sort of a deep-cut favorite of both fans and the band forever (take a look at Amanda’s keyboard). Though they play it infrequently, it was actually in Amanda’s solo set before the Dresden Dolls were even formed. The bombshell revelation this night was that they are actually considering putting it on the record! After playing it Amanda said, “That song was written over a hundred years ago. Can you imagine a band in 1960 being like ‘We got one from 1860!!’? But actually, yes, olde timey songs, freaky songs: this is like our folk lineage. The weird, dark theater weirdos of the 20s.”

Delilah (featuring Veronica Swift)

This was the demarcation line between the old, familiar songs, and the new songs.

Brian said, “Amanda always gets very nervous at this portion of the show, and I always get very excited.”

“I get excited!” Amanda exclaimed, in a squeaky Mickey Mouse voice. “However,” Brian continued, “this is the exciting moment, which we have not gotten to experience in a very long time, which is the crucial fundamental building block of what the Dresden Dolls are about, which is diving into the unknown. … No more important thing or person or friend have I found in my life that so matched the dreams and hopes and desires and fire and piss and vinegar inside me that wanted to get out in one fucking place.”

I honestly didn’t know Brian could talk that much.

Houdini

Mister God I love this song, but picking up the rapid-fire lyrics, even after hearing it many times, has proven difficult. But, obviously, it’s only real if Mister God says. Boyfriend in a Coma

Whakenewha

“What songs are worth writing? And what songs are worth throwing away? Songs are weird. And I kinda don’t want to be the person writing these songs. I wanna be like, a mature person. But then I think, like, ‘Wait a second … you ARE a mature person. Because, these are the songs that are coming and you’re writing them even though they are scary.’ And here this one’s my favorite.”

The Runner

The Nail (Amanda on synth) They had barely started when there was some sort of medical emergency in the crowd. The band stopped, the lights came up, and Jaron and the venue staff dealt with it quickly and efficiently. Amanda said, “It can be super awkward at a rock show when nothing is happening, but when that happens just like nothing should happen. So just like … wait.”

Bad Habit Amanda said this was going out by request to someone she met this afternoon, making it the most requested DD song in Philly!

- Housekeeping -

Including dad hats (which turned out to be a big seller), and an exhortation to register and vote, and a request to join the mailing list. Amanda finished by saying, “You should also floss and hydrate.”)

Coin-Operated Boy

Half Jack The prolonged intro was one of the best I’ve heard them do. They were both just exploring, quasi-independently, but never losing track of what the other was doing. It is frequently said that Brian is the best drummer in the world (and not just by me!) and it is instances like this where that is proven. It was compelling and engrossing and could have gone on for another 15 minutes as far as I’m concerned.

Girl Anachronism If this show were a sentence then Girl A would be the exclamation point at the end. Holy crap.

— —

“Okay we’re gonna play one last song that we didn’t play last night. This is another old favorite of ours. … Thank you for being an incredible fucking audience tonight. No shade if you were here last night, but fucking thank you for bringing it so hard tonight.”

Sing (featuring Veronica Swift) Veronica led the crowd in the Greek chorus part at the end, not that they needed much prompting; everyone was in full voice (except that kid in the back with the phone). At the very end of the night Amanda invited Veronica to join them in their final bows, a gesture that seemed to genuinely surprise and humble her. A beautiful end to a fantastic show!

Photo Gallery:

I didn’t take as many pictures tonight as usual because, frankly, I was too absorbed in the performance.

Amanda playing In My Mind at the pre-show Patreon meet-up.

Amanda Palmer …

… and Brian Viglione …

… The Dresden Dolls!

Veronica Swift joins on Delilah

Amanda models their new merch … a dad hat! I guess it worked because they sold out of them.

Amanda entreated everyone to join the mailing list by texting “dolls” to 55444. As an enticement for people to take out their phones the Dolls came to the front of the stage and … well … see for yourself. (video by Deanna Aliano)

End of the night family portrait! Amanda and Nikki are DEFINITELY fantasizing about Andy Pettitte 20 years ago. (photo by Michael McComiskey)

[mattatouile]

i do wonder sometimes if ppl know that well before twitter and insta made celebrities extremely accessible, andy pettitte, noted new york yankees player, sent a cease and desist to a fanfiction site over rpf of him

[davidjohnlemahieu]

i thought that maybe i was getting more emotionally normal about sports but then the wbc started and i’ve cried every time i’ve seen andy pettitte in a full uniform again so

[tallymark123]

Team USA's 2023 World Baseball Classic Roster

Players:

(C) J.T. Realmuto - Philadelphia Phillies

(C) Will Smith - Los Angeles Dodgers

(1B) Pete Alonso - New York Mets

(1B) Paul Goldschmidt - St. Louis Cardinals

(2B) Trevor Story - Boston Red Socks

(3B) Nolan Arenado - St. Louis Cardinals

(3B) Bobby Witt Jr. - Kansas City Royals

(SS) Tim Anderson - Chicago White Sox

(OF) Mookie Betts - Los Angeles Dodgers

(OF) Bryce Harper - Philadelphia Phillies

(OF) Cedric Mullins - Baltimore Orioles

(OF) Mike Trout - Los Angeles Angels

(OF) Kyle Tucker - Houston Astros

(SP) Merrill Kelly - Arizona Diamondbacks

(RP) David Bednar - Pittsburgh Pirates

(RP) Dillon Tate - Baltimore Orioles

(RP) Devin Williams - Milwaukee Brewers

Management/Coaching Staff:

Manager: Mark DeRosa

Batting Coach: Ken Griffey Jr.

Pitching Coach: Andy Pettitte

Bench Coach: Jerry Manuel

1B Coach: Lou Collier

3B Coach: Dino Ebel

Bullpen Coach: Dave Righetti