Mussina the Old Timer
From Bryan Hoch: In the span of less than a year, Mike Mussina has gone from a 20-game winner to an Old-Timer.The recently retired right-hander was announced by the Yankees on Friday as part of an additional selection of pinstriped icons who will be on hand on Sunday for the 63rd annual Old-Timers' Day -- the first held at the new Yankee Stadium.In addition to Mussina -- who...
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July 18, 2009
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July 18, 2009
Discuss
Pettitte Wants To Make Sure He's Done
From Mark Feinsand:After Mike Mussina retired following his first 20-win season, Pettitte considered going out on top after helping the Yankees capture their 27th World Series title.There was only one problem: he wasn’t ready to hang up his spikes.“There’s no doubt it did. I couldn’t have wrote a script any better than the way last year ended,” Pettitte said. “I was like...
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December 10, 2009
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December 10, 2009
Looking Back: Mike Mussina
Going into the offseason of 2000 and the looming free agency of Mike Mussina (147-81, 3.53 ERA to that point) had many Yankees fans licking their lips. Mussina grew up in a small town and played in an admittedly small market in Baltimore from 1991 until 2000 and there was some thought that Mussina wouldn’t [...]
Via Zell's Pinstripe Blog
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March 16, 2010
Classic Yankees: Mike Mussina
editor’s note: Mike Mussina got quite the standing ovation when he went out to the mount to throw out the first pitch yesterday, so we though our readers might enjoy looking back at his career with us. So enjoy while Mike takes a look back at the man ESPN NY recently named the no. 50 greatest Yankee of all-time.
Williamsport, PA is the home of Little League baseball. One member...
Via Bronx Baseball Daily
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April 01, 2011
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April 01, 2011
Pettitte Wan't Ready To Call It Quits
From Mark Feinsand:After Mike Mussina retired following his first 20-win season, Pettitte considered going out on top after helping the Yankees capture their 27th World Series title.There was only one problem: he wasn’t ready to hang up his spikes.“There’s no doubt it did. I couldn’t have wrote a script any better than the way last year ended,” Pettitte said. “I was like...
Via The Evil Empire
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December 10, 2009
Former Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina returns to throw 1st pitch, does not miss playing
Mussina coaches his children and does not watch much baseball
Via NJ.com
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March 31, 2011
Mussina, Zimmer, Stottlemyre and Gooden Added to 2009 Old Timers' Day
MLB.com's Bryan Hoch reports that Mike Mussina, Don Zimmer, Mel Stottlemyre and Dwight Gooden have been added to the list of former players to attend Old Timers' Day on July 19.
Via Yanks Blog
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July 17, 2009
Mussina, Zimmer, Stottlemyre and Gooden Added to 2009 Old Timers' Day
MLB.com's Bryan Hoch reports that Mike Mussina, Don Zimmer, Mel Stottlemyre and Dwight Gooden have been added to the list of former players to attend Old Timers' Day on July 19.
Via Yanks Blog
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July 17, 2009
Around the Oriole Blog-O-Sphere: 40-man Roster Edition
Roar from 34 takes a quote from Mike Mussina and wonders if the Orioles of the 90's were quitters.Jeff Zrebiec reports that the Orioles are exploring trades to fill their shortstop opening this offseason. I don't get into a lot of trade speculation as it tends to be futile but J.J. Hardy is certainly interesting...Jason Bartlett not so much.Stacey at Camden Chat takes a closer...
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November 19, 2010
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November 19, 2010
2010 Yankees- Red Sox Comparison: Starting Pitching #1
Yankees- C. C. Sabathia- Though the Yankees have gotten isolated big years from guys like Mike Mussina or Chien-Ming Wang it seems like they've been searching for a true #1 starter for the better part of the decade. It looks like they finally found that guy in C. C. Sabathia. He's among that top top tier of starting pitchers that consist of guys like Johan Santana, Roy Halladay...
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February 11, 2010
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February 11, 2010
Mussina, Zimmer, Stottlemyre and Gooden Added to 2009 Old Timers' Day
MLB.com's Bryan Hoch reports that Mike Mussina, Don Zimmer, Mel Stottlemyre and Dwight Gooden have been added to the list of former players to attend Old Timers' Day on July 19.
Via Yanks Blog
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July 17, 2009
Mussina gets warm reception at Old-Timers' Day
Mike Mussina enjoyed kidding around with some of his former teammates Sunday. He appreciated the warm ovation and chants of "Mooooose" when he was introduced at his first New York Yankees Old-Timers' Day.
Via Seattle Times
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July 19, 2009
Mike Mussina enjoys his first New York Yankees' Old Timers' Day
Mike Mussina enjoyed kidding around with some of his former teammates Sunday. He appreciated the warm ovation and chants of "Mooooose" when he was introduced at his first New York Yankees Old-Timers' Day.
Via ESPN
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July 19, 2009
Mussina gets warm reception at Old-Timers' Day
Mike Mussina enjoyed kidding around with some of his former teammates Sunday. He appreciated the warm ovation and chants of "Mooooose" when he was introduced at his first New York Yankees Old-Timers' Day.
Via Miami Herald
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July 19, 2009
Mike Mussina's Near Miss Will Be Remembered For Ever(ett)
Mike Mussina once was a dominant pitcher, but never was he more masterful than on the night of September 2, 2001, against the Boston Red Sox, when he came within one strike of pitching the fourth perfect game in Yankees’ history...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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May 09, 2010
Mussina brightens up the place
Mike Mussina’s locker is in a dark corner of the clubhouse, up against a cement wall. To brighten the place up, he hung a poster of an open window overlooking the ocean.
Then somebody else hung a curtain over the window and added a little shelf. Martha Stewart it’s not. But it was good fo...
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February 29, 2008
A Deep Look at Andy Pettitte's Chances for the Hall of Fame
After the 2008 season—a season where he pitched better than he had in years—Mike Mussina abruptly retired. Never mind that his ERA was the lowest it had been since 2001; likewise his WAR—the lowest since 2001...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report
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December 31, 2010
Featured Yankee Card of the Week: Mike Mussina
If you didn’t hear, Mike Mussina was in the news last week as CC Sabathia attempted to duplicated Mussina’s 20-win season. Sabathia missed out on 20 wins, and Mussina remained the last Yankee to reach that feat for at least one more year. Here’s what the Moose had to say: "They weren't expecting me to be the No. 1 pitcher, but that's what they expected from him...
Via Sports Blog Net
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October 05, 2009
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October 05, 2009
Mike Mussina, last Yankee to beat Red Sox, won't come out of retirement
Mike Mussina, the last Yankee pitcher to beat the Red Sox was on the mound at Yankee Stadium again Sunday, looking sleek and fit in his pinstripes, if not so familiarly hard and nasty in his offerings to the plate.
Via NY Daily News
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July 19, 2009
More of Friday's Headlines
Phil Hughes has not used change up as reliever. Mike Mussina will attend the Old-timers game.Wang said that he is pain free and will begin making his way back to the Yankees on Monday by playing catch. No time table set. Therefore, the Yanks are being cautious with him.
Via The Evil Empire
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July 19, 2009
What Does 2010 ALCS Mean For 2011 Yankees
What do the years 2001, 2003, and 2010 all now have in common? They all involve deep playoff runs and subsequent disappointing playoff exits for the New York Yankees.
Following the 2001 and 2003 seasons, the Yankees acquired a dynamic hitter and veteran pitcher in each off-season, Jason Giambi and Mike Mussina after ’01 and Alex Rodriguez and Kevin Brown( following ...
Via Bronx Baseball Daily
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October 23, 2010
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October 23, 2010
Somewhere, Mike Mussina Weeps
The Yanks join six other teams in second place this millennium with one World Series win. Hey, at least they're on the board!In the "old days," it was really tough to watch the Yanks win it all. The '96 one I just couldn't deal with, as the last time they'd won, I was 3 years old. In '98 I remember Pat and I blowing into the top of 2-liter Coke bottles...
Via A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe Territory
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November 05, 2009
Better Living Through Manny Ramirez
It's sometimes creepy to think that if the Sox had landed Mike Mussina b...
Via Surviving Grady
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April 20, 2008
One Man is Dave Eiland
In a story about Dave Eiland, the Yankees pitching coach, there’s an interesting bit about Mike Mussina:
“You know my background,” Dave Eiland, who won 12 games in the major leagues, began that April 2008 day to Mike Mussina, who’d won 251. “I wasn’t even close to being the same type of pitcher you are. But [...]
Via Baseball Musings
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October 26, 2009
A Further Look at Andy Pettitte and the Hall of Fame
After the 2008 season—a season where he pitched better than he had in years—Mike Mussina abruptly retired. Never mind that his ERA was the lowest it had been since 2001; likewise his WAR—the lowest since 2001. And never mind that Moose had won 20 games for the first time in career, putting him at 270 wins for his career. 300 wins—and a guaranteed Hall of Fame invite—was...
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December 30, 2010
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