The Mike Mussina Hall of Fame Page

Posted by Rorschach
Sorry about the lack of updates folks.  We promise to do better in the coming weeks.
This is the third of a four part series looking back at Mike Mussina’s 2008 season.
Part I: 2007, April and May
Part II: June and July
The dog days of August were the best days of Mike Mussina’s 2008 [...]

Posted on October 15th, 2008 under 20 Win Seasons, New York Yankees, Statistics. Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Delmon Young, Jason Giambi, Joe Giradi, John Lester, Mariano Rivera, Mike Mussina, New York Yankees. Comments: None

Posted by The Moose
This is the second of a four part series looking at Mike Mussina’s 2008 season.
Part I
June:
By this point, Mike Mussina had established himself as the 2nd best pitcher on the Yankees’ staff, behind Chien-Ming Wang–more on that later. The month of June started well enough for Mussina, as his six innings of [...]

Posted on October 11th, 2008 under 20 Win Seasons, Analysis. Tags: Manny Ramirez, Mike Mussina. Comments: 2

Posted by Rorschach and The Moose
This is the first of a four part series looking back at Mussina’s 2008 season.
2007
MIke Mussina’s 2008 campaign to win 20 games started in late 2007.  On August 27th of that year Mussina last his third straight start.  His record stood at 8-10 with a 5.53 ERA.  Joe Torre removed him [...]

Posted on October 7th, 2008 under 20 Win Seasons, Analysis, New York Yankees. Tags: Hank Steinbrenner, Ian Kennedy, Joba Chamberlain, Joe Giradi, Joe Torre, Mike Mussina, Phil Hughes. Comments: 4

Posted by The Moose and Rorschach
Well, it’s over. As you know if you’ve read Ryan’s PHENOMINAL blog, Moose picked up his 20th win today. I’ll be back with my thoughts tomorrow after a night of rest, but I wanted to pass along a few points about Mussina’s season, excluding the wins.
1) Mussina’s ERA of 3.37 was [...]

Posted on September 28th, 2008 under 20 Win Seasons, Game Recaps, New York Yankees, News, Statistics. Tags: Derek Jeter, Ian Kennedy, Mariano Rivera, Mike Mussina, Phil Hughes. Comments: 17

What follows is a live dairy from Mike Mussina’s final start of the 2008 season.  The start was Mussina’s attempt at achieving his first 20 win season.  It may have also been the final start of his Hall of Fame career.  Enjoy the read.
2:35 - Just changed over to YES from the Jets game and [...]

Posted on September 28th, 2008 under 20 Win Seasons, Game Recaps, New York Yankees, News. Tags: Bobby Abreu, David Ortiz, DiceK, Dustin Predoria, Jason Bay, Jason Giambi, Jed Lowrie, Joe Giradi, Johnny Damon, Jonathon Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Mariano Rivera, Micheal Kay, Mike Mussina, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Phil Coke, Robinson Cano, Xavier Nady. Comments: 83

Posted by Rorschach
I know this is a bit long, but I believe it is worth the read.  A bit tragic perhaps though.
In 1996 Mike Mussina won his 19th game of the season on September 7th.  He would start four more games that season. At only 27 years of age, having a twenty win season probably [...]

Posted on September 27th, 2008 under 20 Win Seasons, Near Misses. Tags: 1996, Archie Corbin, Armando Benitez, Cal Eldred, Chicago White Soxs, Davy Johnson, Ed Sprague, Eddie Murray, Erik Hanson, John Jaha, Mike Mussina, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Randy Myers, Roberto Alomar, Toronto Blue Jays. Comments: 2

A commentary by Rorschach
Who the hell decided 20 was going to be this big magical number?  In fact who decided that round numbers are so good anyway?  Is this hard-wired into our minds from birth or is it something we learn in youth?  Somebody get Malcolm Gladwell on this!  Why is it that multiples of [...]

Posted on September 26th, 2008 under 20 Win Seasons, Analysis, Comparisons, Hall of Fame, Statistics. Tags: Juan Marichal, Mike Mussina. Comments: 3