TAMPA - A familiar face emerged from the Yankees' minor-league complex late Monday afternoon, his hair flecked with gray. No, Andy Pettitte is not contemplating another comeback - too bad, he looked fit - but he was in town to offer words of wisdom that perhaps one day will help a future generation of Yankee stars.
Pettitte spoke to a group of minor leaguers as part of the Yanks' "Captain's Camp," a pre-spring training gathering invented by Gary Denbo, the former hitting coach who runs the organization's player development system. Ex-stars return to share insight into making it in the majors in pinstripes.