Jan 6th 2009 8:26AM by Eamonn Brennan (author feed)
It’s no secret the Yankees have spent like madmen this offseason. After a year of “going young” — which isn’t enough time to truly “go young,” but that’s a different argument — the Bronxies have decided that was stupid, and are now spending like never before on the best free agents money can buy.

Except there’s one free agent who isn’t sexy, and who isn’t dangling his services in front of a bunch of different teams. Andy Pettitte has sworn his dying loyalty to the Yankees. In return, they’ve offered him a one-year, $10 million deal, a pay cut from the $16 million he made last year. Not shabby, to be sure, but not exactly a king’s ransom in the same winter as the C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, and Mark Teixeira deals. And now, Pettitte has decided to turn that money down.Continue Reading