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Archive for 20 Win Seasons

How Moose Got to Twenty: August

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 [...]

How Mussina Got to 20: June and July

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 [...]

How Moose Got to 20 - A Look Back at 2008

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 [...]

Game Recap 9/28 - “Well boys, it’s been emotional”

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 [...]

Blog for 20! Let’s Go Moose!

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 [...]

We’ve Been Here Before: Mussina, 20 wins and the final month of 1996

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 [...]

What #20 really means. Marichal and the Moose and the Death of the Complete Game.

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 [...]

Game Recap 9/18 - And I’m back in the game!

Posted by The Moose
Sometimes, there are moments where your back is against the wall. And you can either stand there and take it, or fight back.
Tonight, Mike Mussina fought back. Despite recent struggles for a team that has fallen hopelessly out of the playoff race, and facing a team fighting for their postseason lives, Mussina [...]