As the wife of former Baltimore Orioles catcher, Chris Hoiles, sports have long been a part Dana Hoiles’ lifestyle. Attending countless Major League Baseball games and supporting the athletic pursuits of her three sons inspired Hoiles to dabble in sports-themed jewelry design. As fashionable female fan gear options continued to grow, accessories were still lacking. Hoiles explained...

Sunday was a pretty busy day for me today so good friend of the blog Mike Sommer (you can read more from Mike here) stepped up with a few posts from his Classic Yankees series. In case you missed it, he has already written plenty of these. Here is the list. Jacob Ruppert (as owner 1914-1936) Miller Huggins (1918-1929) Bob Meusel (1920-1929) Waite Hoyt...

When baseball’s owners and players were attempting to remove each others’ eyes out during labor negotiations in the 1990s, pitchers Mike Mussina and Mike Stanton had front-row seats. Mussina, the future Yankee, was in his first year as the Orioles’ player rep in 1994 when a labor dispute deleted...

While looking toward the future with our comprehensive slate of current content, we'd also like to recognize our rich past by drawing upon our extensive (and mostly free) online archive of work dating back to 1997. In an effort to highlight the best of what's gone before, we'll be bringing you a weekly blast from BP's past, introducing or re-introducing you to some of the most informative...

Quick. Name a starting pitcher on the New York Yankees from the mid-2000’s. Randy Johnson and Mike Mussina are the gimmes. Andy Pettitte. Javier Vazquez. Carl Pavano. Kevin Brown. Orlando Hernandez. Chien-Ming Wang. Chien-Ming Wang. The Taiwanese sensation is famous enough in his home country to incite a murder, but is routinely overlooked when reminiscing over quality starters...

It has been six years since the New York Yankees were in a deciding game in the postseason, but it might as well be another lifetime. In 2005, Joe Torre's regime was already in decline, reeling from the humiliation of the previous October's collapse to the Boston Red Sox. This time it was the Angels' turn. They took down the Yankees in Game 5 of the American League Division Series...

I really hope the Yankees win the ALDS this week, not just because I want to see them win the World Series, but because I'd also like to see them avenge what went down in the 2006 ALDS against th TIgers. There's some real unfinished business there, with the cruelest cuts self-inflicted. I rank it second to the 2004 ALCS as the playoff series in this era that angered me the most....

One of the Junkies tries to blog, gets skewered. [Trail of Burgundy Tears] D-Hall says he’ll target Romo’s ribs, makes waves. [Shutdown Corner] Dan Snyder’s wife and Jerry Jones’ daughter, hanging together. [Bog] Stats say Alex Semin has been an outstanding player. [Caps Insider] Rooks Espinosa and Ramos have been the Nats’ MVPs. [Nats Journal] Vlad’s on the verge of...

Who remembers the good ole days?  The days when the New York Yankees had very poor pitching for a team that expected to win the World Series every year, yet still managed to flirt with 100 wins? The mid-2000′s.  The days when the New York Yankees were trotting out the likes of Randy Johnson, Aaron Small, Kevin Brown, Jeff Weaver, Javier Vazquez (the first time), Mike Mussina...

By: Chris Jaffe While pitching for the Yankees against their arch-rival Red Sox, Mussina retired the first 26 batters he faced but allowed a single to the 27th batter, pinch hitter Carl Everett. This was not Mussina’s first near miss. Years early on May 30, 1997 he had a perfect game broken up with one out in the ninth by Sandy Alomar. This time he came one out closer. I remember...

My friend Pete Nash at Hauls of Shame has another interesting article from the Hauls of Shame web site about a photo of baseball pioneer Al Reach that was up for auction on eBay that was recently pulled and it is suspected it may have been stolen from the New York Public Library. And yes, there is a Barry Halper connection. Today is a significant day in Red Sox history. It was ten...

10 years ago today, Mike Mussina came close, so very close, to immortality. While pitching for the Yankees against their arch-rival Red Sox, Mussina retired the first 26 batters he faced but allowed a single to the 27th batter, pinch hitter Carl Everett. This was not Mussina’s first near miss. Years early on May 30, 1997 he had a perfect game broken up with one out in the ninth...

Angels @ Tigers (Jarrod Washburn) Orioles @ Yankees (Mike Mussina) Royals @ Indians (Kevin Seitzer) Mets @ Nationals (Brian Schneider) Pirates @ Phillies (Grant Jackson) Rangers @ Blue Jays (Doyle Alexander) Giants @ Reds (Eric Davis) Marlins @ Braves (Gary Sheffield) Red Sox @ White Sox (Bobby Jenks) Astros @ Brewers (Carlos Lee) Cubs @ Cardinals (Lou Brock) Rockies @ Padres (Andy...

Mike Sommer, formerly of The Sommer Frieze, has been nice enough to contribute to our site with one of our most popular regular features ever, the Classic Yankees series. So far he has written 31 parts of this series. Be sure to check them out: Jacob Ruppert (as owner 1914-1936) Miller Huggins (1918-1929) Bob Meusel (1920-1929) Earle Combs (1924-1935) ...

    The star-studded New York Yankees had a magnificent decade of the 2000′s, albeit with lofty expectations and often times never reaching their ultimate goal of winning a World Series. The decade still produced a Cy-Young winner in Roger Clemens, 20-game winners in Clemens, Mike Mussina, a two-time MVP in Alex Rodriguez and appeared four times in the World Series winning two...

Over the past few weeks Mike Sommer from the Yankees blog The Sommer Frieze has been profiling former Yankees who might not have had Yankeeographies made for them, but still played a big part in the team’s history in their own way. Here is who he has covered so far: Miller Huggins (1918-1929) Bob Meusel (1920-1929) Earle...

I hated him, but that was one of the prettiest swings that I've seen. As a New York Yankees fan, I have vivid memories of Manny Ramirez as a Cleveland Indian and a Boston Red Sock.  It’s a shame that many people will choose to remember Ramirez as an immature goofball or, worse, simply as a cheater and a symbol of what they perceive to be wrong with Major League Baseball.  Ramirez...

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...

This was before his single and the steal of third, before Russell Martin scored the first run of the Yankees' season and before he scored the insurance run in the seventh inning. For that matter, this was before Mike Mussina threw out the ceremonial first pitch of the Yankees' 2011 season on Thursday afternoon. This was a preseason hug, and it came from Jorge Posada.

Mike Mussina, happily retired after three years away from the game, spoke on his life post-baseball.

Mike Mussina, happily retired after three years away from the game, spoke on his life post-baseball.

Mike Mussina threw the first pitch of a Major League game 536 times in his career, but he expected there to be even more pressure for the toss that opened the Yankees' 2011 campaign.

Mussina coaches his children and does not watch much baseball

ESPN New York came up with a list of the 50 Greatest Yankees of All-Time. I think it was just a reason for them to run 50 photos for everyone to click on, but I found it very interesting as I went through it so I decided to share it with all of our readers. I don’t know what to say about the list. It seems hard to me to compare some of these players as most played their entire...

I wrote this puppy about 18 months ago or so, and since then, Dugout Central has undergone some revisions; for those of you who have joined recently, there are a number of archives for this website the pre-date November, 2009! Anyway, enjoy this oldie from last year. Starting Lineup C : Chris Hoiles, 1993 1993 was the only year that Chris Hoiles accumulated more than 500 PA, but...