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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 [...]

Mussina–not the “Man” in Baltimore? Really now?

Posted by: The Moose on 9/5
Recently, my ex-roommate in Maryland, a lifelong Oriole fan, chimed in with these words about Mussina:
“For me, it’s about much more than a 20-win season. HOF entry is about being THE MAN on winning teams or THE ONLY THING on bad teams. To me (and remember, I watched Mussina rise [...]

Game Recap 8/22 - Oh so close

Thank God the we don’t face the Orioles again this year. There wasn’t much of shot for a win in this one from the beginning.
After Radhames Liz struggled to find the strike zone in the top of the first, the Yankees spotted Moose a 1 run lead. It didn’t last long. In the Oriole half [...]

Game Preview 8/22

Mike Mussina pitches against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards tomorrow night, going for his 17th win on the season. Tonight, we’ll handle the game preview in a different way, as suggested by loyal reader Joy. (Note to Joy: We’re not doing batter vs. pitcher because I personally believe anything over a year old is [...]

Reader Topic #1: Mussina and Camden

Loyal reader Tom brought up that he thought Camden Yards was a small park to pitch in and opined that it might be difficult to win 20 games with half your games in a park that small. Longtime reader and commenter Joy agreed. So today, in addition to a game preview (Look for that tonight) [...]

Game (Massacre) Recap - 7/28

The Moose got hammered, there’s no other way to really say it. After a shaky first inning that ended with Brain Roberts getting gunned down at the plate on Aubrey Huff’s double, Mussina started the second inning by allowing back to back hits. Kevin Millar then bombed a three run shot and Ramon [...]