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A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe Territory —
Do you notice a glaring omission in this article? (Don't worry, it's not about the MVP thing!) On the same theme, this site claims Moose went out "on top." When I saw 19 comments, I thought, Oh good, at least they blew that theory out of the water--I mean, there are so many joke possibilities involving third place being the top, etc., but no! The comments don't even mention it! They even agree--Yup, he went out on top all right. What?? Again, to reiterate their position: Mike Mussina, whose team finished third and missed the playoffs, and who finished sixth ...
Happy Trails, Mike Mussina -- Calling It A Career
Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis & News; The World of Baseball and Beyond —
It looks like former Oriole and Yankee Mike Mussina is pushing towards retirement. No matter you feel about him, you cannot deny the career he's had. He will more than likely be a Hall of Famer for sure. From all appearances, the venerable Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com just broke the news about a 1/2 an hour ago. Fox Sports: Yankees right-hander Mike Mussina is retiring. Mussina will make his decision official later this week, major-league sources say. The Yankees, who are aggressively pursuing free-agent starting ...
News and Notes--Nov. 19
Raise the Jolly Roger —
... Plenty of stuff going on across the MLB hot-stove: [Mike Mussina is retiring], [the Royals acquired Coco Crisp from Boston for Ramon Ramirez], the [Cubs re-signed Ryan Dempster] and the [Mariners named a new manager]. Somehow, some way, Tim Dierkes at [MLBTradeRumors.com] manages to keep up with all this stuff. ---- Here's a transcript of [Nyjer Morgan's live chat with fans] on Tuesday. He compares himself to Juan Pierre (uh-oh), "but with a little more power." He likes Primanti's, is confident about having a starting role in '09 ...
Rosenthal: Mussina Will Retire
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
From Ken Rosenthal: Yankees right-hander Mike Mussina is retiring. Mussina will make his decision official later this week, major-league sources say. The Yankees, who are aggressively pursuing free-agent starting pitchers, were not ...
Rosenthal: Mike Mussina To Retire
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog —
Ken Rosenthal reports that Mike Mussina will retire after posting his first 20-win season. That should put a bit more impetus on other teams looking to sign any free agent pitching this offseason.
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Bucs Dugout —
... -P- Mike Mussina will retire, Ken Rosenthal reports. He finishes with 270 career wins. Congrats to him for going out strong--I thought he was done after a miserable 2007 season, but he was excellent in 2008. ...
FOXSports.com: Moose Decides to Retire
YanksBlog.com —
Ken Rosenthal is reporting that Mike Mussina has decided to retire, citing "major-league sources." The article says that Mussina will announce his decision at the end of the week. Mussina went ...
Mike Mussina To Retire
RCS Sidelines —
After 18 years and a 20-win season (finally) in 2008, the Yankees' Mike Mussina had decided to retire, according to Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal. ...
Rosenthal: Mussina to retire
Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog —
I have still been holding some hope that Mike Mussina would return to the Yankees next year, but FoxSports.com's Ken Rosenthal is reporting that Mussina has decided to hang it up after his first and only 20-win season. This is a rather significant blow to the Yankees' pitching staff. The Yankees may have to give in to Andy Pettitte's demands to simply fill up the rotation with capable arms. But those are decisions for another day. Today we celebrate Mussina's extraordinary career. Mussina finishes with a record of 270-153 and a 3.68 ERA. Pitching his entire career in the American League East, those are terrific numbers. Thanks for the memories, Moose. ...
Mike Mussina to retire
Rotoprofessor —
... According to Ken Rosenthal of foxsports.com (click here for the article), the Yankees Mike Mussina is set to retire, a year after going 20-9 with a 3.37 ERA and 1.22 WHIP at age 39. He retires with 270 wins and a 3.68 ERA over an extremely impressive career. ...
Fox Sports- Rosenthal: Yanks’ Mussina to retire after first 20-win season
Replacement Level Yankees Weblog —
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Fox Sports- Rosenthal: Yanks’ Mussina to retire after first 20-win season Yankees right-hander Mike Mussina is retiring. Mussina will make his decision official later this week, major-league sources say. The Yankees, who are aggressively pursuing free-agent starting pitchers, were not expecting Mussina to return. I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed. I can’t fault Mussina for going out on his terms though.
Mussina Reportedly Calls it a Career
Green Pinstripes —
We may have heard our last Moose call. The news is unofficial, but it looks like Mike Mussina has decided to retire after an 18-year career. Mussina, who won 20 games for the first time this past season, will finish with a 270-135 record and a lifetime 3.68 ERA. He ranks 19th all-time with 2,813 career strikeouts. The 2008 season was disappointing for the Bombers, but it would have been a nightmare without Mussina taking the hill every fifth day. There were highs (his near perfect game against the Boston Red Sox in 2001, his clutch relief performance in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS) and lows (his flatline personality, getting bumped from the rotation for a time during his ...
Speed Read: Ball State Still Perfect, Still Screwed
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
It’s official: Ball State is the real deal. At least, as real as a win against a team called the Chippewas can make a team, but still: going on the road to take out a tough opponent like Central Michigan is tough. But the Cardinals pulled it off, winning 31-24 behind 177 yards rushing from Quale Lewis, keeping them perfect at 11-0 and keeping them on track for…the Motor City Bowl.
Because no matter if the Cardinals win out, they aren’t getting an automatic BCS berth ahead of Utah, Boise State and BYU. And even if, say, Boise State loses a game, and USC wins the PAC-10 outright, freeing up another at-large spot, the choice for a BCS bowl would likely ...
Mike Mussina Calls It A Career [Mike Mussina Blogdome]
Deadspin —
It hasn't been officially announced yet, but Ken Rosenthal is reporting that Mike Mussina will retire this week, ending an 18-year major league career. He pitched in 538 games for the Orioles and Yankees, appeared on five all-stars teams and in 16 postseason series, including 2 World Series, yet if he rang my doorbell right now and asked to check my gas meter I might not even recognize him. He never beat anyone up at a strip club, slapped a kid who asked him for an autograph, shouted at an interviewer, or flipped off a crowd as he left the field. He was completely professional and non-controversial at all times and delivered solid, workmanlike performances every five days for almost two decades. In ...
