PETTITE IS GONE
if Jeter says something like this, he doesn't need to say what the conversation with Andy was about. Andy was saying "so long, Jeet. I'm outta here.

I'm betting that Torre retires by the end of the year, unless he decides to really screw Steinbrenner and he waits until the day before training camp gets under way. Which is how I would play it.

The coming season looks doomed.