Andy Pettitte returned to New York for a reunion and decided to stay. After three seasons with the Astros, he came up to the big city for a Nov. 10 gathering of the Yankees' 1996 World Series championship team, a benefit for manager Joe Torre's Safe at Home Foundation. "Really at that time, there was no chance. In my mind it was Houston or nowhere, or retiring," Pettitte said. "It was out of my mind returning to New York." By Dec. 8, Pettitte had changed his mind, turning down a $12 million offer to stay with the Astros to accept a $16 million, one-year contract with the Yankees, a deal that was finalized Thursday.