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Mike Mussina was given the boot from the New York Yankees rotation after three horrible starts in a row....
He was booing Mike Mussina so hard that his larynx flew right out his mouth and landed on the person in front of him....
When Mussina and Igawa have “proven” to be unable to perform for the Yankees down the stretch, the unproven may be their best option.
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Mike Mussina's 2000 season is an illustration of how a pitcher's W/L record is rarely the best determination of his true effectiveness.
Mike led the AL in innings pitched, was 2nd in fewest base runners per game, 3rd in ERA, 3rd in complete games, 3rd in Quality Starts, and 3rd in strikeouts.
Mussina had 34 starts for the Orioles and in 22 of those games his teammates scored 3 runs or less, and he still managed to win 11 times.
www.birdsinthebelfry.com /mike_mussina_2000_yearbook.htm   (416 words)

  
 Outside Pitch Cover Story: Ace Mike Mussina Remains Focused On Winning, With Or Without Run Support
Mike Mussina was standing by his locker in the Camden Yards clubhouse after pitching what has become something of a signature game for him — only two runs allowed in eight innings, yet not enough offensive support from his teammates to enable him to pocket a win.
Mussina, who graduated from Stanford with a degree in economics in less than four years, is one of the smartest players on the Orioles, if not in all of baseball.
Mussina also has had to adjust to his status as the team ace, the pitcher the team must rely on if it is to succeed and reach the postseason.
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 Bio at BlinkBits. Mike Mussina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Michael Cole "Mike" Mussina (born December 8, 1968 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania) is an American baseball pitcher who currently plays for the New_York_Yankees^.
Mussina battled through a series of injuries and struggled to go 12-9 in the regular season, but had a perfect game through seven innings in the first game of the ALCS against the Boston Red Sox, a game that the Yankees would eventually win.
Mussina's nickname is "Moose." This anthropomorphic Moose is considered a first-ballot hall-of-famer.
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 Mike Mussina : USAToday.com - Mike Mussina Biography from USAToday.com
ET Mike Mussina yielded just one run in seven innings against the Athletics on Friday to pick up his fourth win of the season.
Mike Mussina pitched six solid innings, but was not supported by the Yanks' sticks Tuesday as he lost for the fourth time this year.
ET Mike Mussina was tagged for five runs in five-plus innings Saturday in a no-decision against the Red Sox.
fantasybaseball.usatoday.com /content/player.asp?sport=MLB&id=1677   (569 words)

  
 Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - Hall Watch 2005-Mike Mussina
Mussina went 10-4 in 19 starts with a 2.87 ERA and a 107/31 K/W ratio, and by August, he was in Baltimore and did not skip a beat that season or any one since.
Mussina is certainly not a first ballot HOF and will probably get in as one of the Yankee pitchers from a dominant era in Yankee history (albeit not recent history).
Mussina's ERA+ in his best season (1994) was a measley 163, and did not have any seasons in which his ERA was under 3 since the steroid era began (1994).
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 Mike Mussina Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Mussina was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the; 1st round (20th pick overall) of the 1990 amateur draft.
Mussina helped the; Orioles to the playoffs in 1996, when they eventually lost in the ALCS to the; Yankees, and in 1997, when they lost in the ALCS to the; Cleveland Indians.
Mussina throws several pitches, including a 4-seam fastball in the; low 90 mph range, a 2-seam fastball, a curveball, a splitter, a slider, a changeup, and, arguably his best pitch, the knuckle curve.
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 ESPN.com: MLB - Mussina, Yankees agree on six-year, $88.5M deal
Mussina, who turns 32 on Dec. 8, compiled a 147-81 record with a 3.53 ERA in 10 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles.
Mussina's last contract talks with the Orioles were in August, Tellem said, and as he became a free-agent, his desire to pitch for a winning team increased.
Mussina said he understood fans who were upset baseball's best team just got better.
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 Mike Mussina : MLB Legends   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Mike Mussina had another great year as one of the league’s most consistent performers.
Mussina emerged as the rock of the Yankees rotation, and after some hard luck outings against Minnesota and Boston in the playoffs, Mussina edged World Series MVP Josh Beckett in a pitchers’ duel in Game 3 in his only World Series start.
Mike Mussina has had a history of not quite making it all the way.
www.mlb-legends.com /pitchers/mikeMussina.php   (309 words)

  
 The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Major League Baseball News
Mike Mussina doesn't think that Jeter has the responsibility to defend A-Rod, but the Yankees' pitcher does think that the fans have been far too harsh on Rodriguez this season.
Mussina admits that he was "a little upset" about the error immediately following the game, and he still believes that, had Rodriguez thrown to first, making it a 3-1 game with two outs and no one on base, the game would have played out differently.
The attitude Mussina describes is the one that has piled the greatest of expectations on Rodriguez, who has to try to live up to his $252 million contract every time he steps on a baseball field.
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 Mike Mussina - Baseball Fever
Mussina will be fine, although I expect Javier Vazquez to be the staff ace this year.
A yankee fan friend at work suggested that mussina might be buckling a little under the pressure of being the "ace" of the yankees.
In 1999, Mike was second in the Cy Young voting to Pedro Martinez.
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 Mike Mussina - Bats - Baseball - New York Times Blog
Mike Mussina is pitching that day, and with Wil Nieves as his catcher, Joe Torre wants Posada’s bat in the lineup.
Mussina was not very happy to be removed after 6-plus innings and just 79 pitches, and he was not afraid to say it after the game.
Mussina hates when his routine is disrupted, and he described a feeling of helplessness on the mound this afternoon.
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 RotoTimes.com - Mike Mussina - Fantasy Baseball Profile
Mike Mussina will probably be limited to 85 pitches as he makes his second start off the disabled list Wednesday, the AP reports.
Mike Mussina is set to return to action on Thursday against the Rangers, according to the New York Daily News.
Mike Mussina will pitch a simulated game at Yankee Stadium Friday and be lined up to start next week in Texas, according to the New York Times.
www.rototimes.com /mlb/player/589   (260 words)

  
 Mike Mussina : Rotoworld.com - Mike Mussina Biography from Rotoworld.com
Mike Mussina was pounded for six runs in three innings Monday in a loss to the Tigers.
Mike Mussina was pulled after giving up seven runs in 1 2/3 innings Tuesday against the Angels.
Mussina has followed up a streak of four straight wins, in which he allowed a total of eight runs, but giving up 13 earned runs in 6 2/3 innings his last two time out.
www.rotoworld.com /content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=MLB&id=1677   (655 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / Red Sox / It's weighing on Mussina
Mike Mussina is a two-time loser in the American League Championship Series.
Sox assistant GM Mike Port, Twins assistant GM Wayne Krivsky, and Giants assistant GM Ned Colletti are believed to be the finalists for the job formerly held by Jim Bowden.
Posada, who went out to warm up Mussina, drew loud boos as he sprinted back and forth from the dugout, and again when he was announced to hit in the first inning.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2003/10/14/its_weighing_on_mussina   (1120 words)

  
 Mike Mussina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Following the 2000 season, Mussina decided to leave the Orioles as a free agent due to their failure to re-sign him in the stalled contract negotiation.
On November 20, 2006, Mussina and the Yankees reached a preliminary agreement, pending a physical, on a two-year, $23 million contract.
Mussina throws several pitches, including a 4-seam fastball in the low 90 mph range, a 2-seam fastball, a curveball, a splitter, a slider, a changeup, and, arguably his best pitch, the knuckle curve.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Mussina   (1879 words)

  
 Mike Mussina | The BASEBALL Page
During the 1990s, Mike Mussina was one of the best pitchers in the American League, winning often for the Orioles with his excellent command and wicked slider.
The first batter Mike Mussina faced in the major leagues was Tim Raines.
Mussina pitched 7 2/3 innings of four-hit ball, but lost to Charlie Hough of the White Sox, 1-0.
www.thebaseballpage.com /players/mussimi01.php   (484 words)

  
 Mike Mussina - ArmchairGM - Sports Wiki, Sports Blog, Sports Resource, Sports Community, Sports 2.0
Mussina helped the Orioles to the playoffs in 1996, where they eventually lost in the ALCS to the Yankees and again in 1997, where they lost in the ALCS to the Cleveland Indians.
In 2003, Mussina was 17-8 with a 3.40 ERA.
Mussina was plagued by a series of injuries, and wasn't the pitcher he was in 2003 or before.
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 striketwo.net: Yankees Set to Sign Mike Mussina for Two More Years
This isn’t official yet, but the Yankees declined their $17 million option on Mike Mussina, but they turned around and are set to sign him to a two year, $23 million deal.
Mussina and the Yankees have agreed on a two-year extension.
With Mike Mussina re-upping to fall in between ace Chien-Ming Wang and Randy Johnson, if he is healthy, the Yankees have shown an interest in Seattle free agent Gil Meche and are entertaining the possibility of using newly-acquired Humberto Sanchez...
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 Mike Mussina | BaseballLibrary.com
Heir to the grand Orioles pitching fraternity that boasted the likes of Palmer, Dave McNally and Mike Flanagan, Mussina was sometimes judged harshly for his failure to live up to his predecessors.
After the crash of TWA Flight 800 in July 1996 killed 16 students from the school, Mussina pitched with the names of the students written on the bill of his cap.
Mussina had just recently returned from the DL where he had been placed because of a wart on his right index finger.
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 The Ballplayers - Mike Mussina | BaseballLibrary.com
Mussina managed to win 31 games (including an 18-7 mark in 1999, when he finished second to Pedro Martinez in Cy Young voting) the first two years, but his debacle in 2000 paved the way for his departure.
After his stellar ’97 season, Mussina had declined to test the free-agent market and accepted what Players Union chief Donald Fehr referred to as a “garden variety” three-year contract.
Mussina later cited a recruitment call from New York skipper Joe Torre, which came just days after the Yankee manager had led the Bronx Bombers to their third straight World Series title, as a major factor in his decision to sign with the club.
www.baseballlibrary.com /ballplayers/player.php?name=Mike_Mussina_1968   (1755 words)

  
 Mike Mussina - NYYFans.com Yankees Message Board
Mike had one other loss in which he gave up 5 ER (4/26).
Mike has 2 additional losses in which the Yankees opponent scored at least 7 runs; in those losses, Mike gave up 4 ER (4/21) and 3 ER (5/17).
I believe that Mussina is a better pitcher than his record (so far) shows, while he absolutely has the ability to do better.
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 Yankees re-sign pitcher Mike Mussina
Mike Mussina owns a 92-53 mark in his six seasons with the Yankees.
Mussina, 37, posted a 15-7 record with a 3.51 earned-run average and one complete game in 32 starts for New York last season, his 15th straight with 10-plus wins.
Mussina is a six-time Gold Glove winner with a 239-134 lifetime record and 3.63 ERA, 57 complete games and 23 shutouts in 475 starts for the Baltimore Orioles and Yankees since debuting in the majors on Aug. 4, 1991.
www.cbc.ca /sports/baseball/story/2006/11/27/mlb-yankees-mussina.html   (1522 words)

  
 Little League Online
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (March 21, 2005) — New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina, on behalf of the foundation bearing his name, presented a check for $10,000 today to several Little Leagues in Florida that were devastated by last summer’s hurricanes.
Mussina, who grew up five miles from Little League International in Montoursville, Pa., and is a member of the Little League International Board of Directors.
Mike Mussina (far right), ace pitcher for the New York Yankees, stands mid-field at Legends Field in Tampa, Fla., after presenting a check for $10,000 to several local Little Leagues in Florida that were hit by hurricanes in 2004.
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 Mike Mussina Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Mike Mussina was born on Sunday, December 8, 1968, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Mussina was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 4, 1991, with the Baltimore Orioles.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Mike Mussina baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=mussimi01   (248 words)

  
 MIKE LIKES UMPS' CALL | By MICHAEL MORRISSEY | New York Yankees
October 5, 2006 -- Mike Mussina didn't mind that last night's game was scotched.
Mussina left a start in Boston in August with groin tightness after waiting out a 57-minute delay.
He said he wasn't worried about that, but he and his teammates were worried about the domino effect on the rest of the series.
www.nypost.com /seven/10052006/sports/yankees/mike_likes_umps_call_yankees_michael_morrissey.htm   (497 words)

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