Andy Pettitte survives Hall ballot but faces battle to enshrinement

Andy Pettitte lives to fight another year, but he faces quite a climb to immortality. In his maiden voyage on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, the beloved Yankees and Astros’ left-hander received 42 votes, 9.9 percent of the electorate, on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot, thereby exceeding the 5 percent threshold required…