Pettitte's 2008 Debut Pushed Back
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Pettitte's first start of 2008 season pushed back
TAMPA, Fla. -- Andy Pettitte will miss his first scheduled start of the regular season on April 2 against Toronto because of back spasms.
New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi expects Pettitte will start the third or fourth game instead.
"He's better," Girardi said Tuesday.
Pettitte was slated to throw off a bullpen mound Wednesday. If that goes well, he would pitch in a minor league game Saturday.
"I'm planning on it," Pettitte said. "But again, like I've said, if I start playing catch and feel like I may not be able to do it and be comfortable with it, or I feel like I might aggravate it, I'll wait one more day. It would be stupid to try to force something right now when I've got extra days to play with."
Chien-Ming Wang is to start Monday's opener and be followed in the rotation by Mike Mussina.
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If the Yankees are going to be dependent on Mike Mussina, here's hoping that the pre-2007 Moose shows up.
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Pettitte's 2008 Debut Pushed Back
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