Andy Pettitte made his retirement official today.

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6089859

My favorite baseball player ever. I've followed his entire career closely (through the MLB Extra Innings package). Needless to say, I was very glad I got to see him pitch regularly here in Houston for a few years. When he went back to New York, I wasn't too bothered by it. He'd always been a Yankee, so it seemed like he was going back to who he really was - one of the "core four".

I watched the press conference today and it's certainly been one of those "remember where you were when" sort of days. I hope he decides to become a pitching coach one day, preferably with the Astros.