Fightin' Moose hurls perfect 5

NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees found this 3/14/2008 on www.nydailynews.com [flag]

Mike Mussina came into camp last month saying he felt like he needed to fight for his spot in the starting rotation. So far, he's putting up a pretty good battle. [link]

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Reports of Moose's demise...
Published 3/14/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
Perhaps those reports of Mike Mussina 's demise were slightly premature. Moose must have been inspired by Billy Crystal 's presence, as he hurled five perfect innings yesterday . Lisa Kennelly ...

Baseball Today: Friday, March 14
Published 3/14/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... Billy Crystal enjoyed his moment in the sun as the Yankee leadoff hitter, even though he struck out. (New York Daily News) The Daily News' Bill Madden thinks baseball's first owner-showman, Bill Veeck, ''is roaring with laughter . . . at what he would consider the hypocrisy of the lordly Yankees for conceiving such a stunt.'' Our friend Steve Silva is having plenty of laughs himself. (bostondirtdogs.com) OH, YEAH, THE GAME: Mike Mussina threw five perfect innings. (New York Daily News) But that's not a good thing, says the New ...

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