Celebrating The World's Best Cranky Old Man
Win number 17 for Mike Mussina is in the books, the dream of 20 is all but dead but might as well pile on as many as you can! A good outing, second run came off two consecutive doubles when Joe Girardi decided to try and Andy Pettitte him to death and brought him back [...]
It's Almost Pavano Time!
The Yankees couldn’t get their act together in time to get Mike Mussina his 17th win of the season last night. He was fine though he didn’t have his best stuff and got screwed over by the amazing defensive combination of Bobby Abreu and Johnny Damon when a ball that should have been caught turned [...]
Pitching Matchups – Orioles vs Yankees
It’s time for my favorite thing in the world, pitching matchups! Monday, July 28th Jeremy Guthrie (6-8, 3.58ERA, 1.244WHIP) vs Mike Mussina (13-6, 3.26ERA, 1.212WHIP) Guthrie is a very good young pitcher and has done well on the Orioles. I am still waiting for Mussina to have a bad start very soon because I feel [...]
Two Sweeps In A Row. Wait, What?
The Yankees have won six games in a row, four of them have been pretty crushing victories. Here’s a quick overview for the forgetful: July 18th vs Oakland – 7-1 July 19th vs Oakland – 4-3 July 20th vs Oakland – 2-1 July 21st vs Minnesota – 12-4 July 22nd vs Minnesota – 8-2 July [...]
Pitching Matchups – Twins vs Yankees
Probable pitchers are now set for the Yankees/Twins series that starts tonight and boy are they exciting! Monday, July 21st Nick Blackburn (7-5, 3.65ERA, 1.28WHIP) vs Sidney Ponson (1-0, 4.24ERA, 1.65WHIP with the Yankees). Sidney Ponson has a walk problem, and a hit problem and is basically a problem. Nick Blackburn is pretty good. The [...]
Mike Mussina Always Gives The Best Quotes
From The Daily News: Mussina was selected five times as an Oriole between 1992 and 1999, appearing in three of those games. He hasn’t made the All-Star team since joining the Yankees in 2001. He declined a last-minute invitation as an injury fill-in in 2006, saying, “I was at the supermarket.” “If (Francona) calls me [...]
Avoiding The Sweep
The Yankees avoided a sweep today, thankfully. Yesterday was…a game. Chien-Ming Wang looked okay though not as good as he has in most of his starts (too many walks!) but kept the Yankees in the game, the problem was mostly that dastardly Cliff Lee who absolutely refuses to fall to Earth. Your BaBIP is around [...]
The Rotation, Once Through
Now that we’ve seen the entire rotation at least once (Wang twice now), here are some observations: Chien-Ming Wang – Looked very solid twice now, against teams with differing levels of offense. If he continues to be able to use his slider and changeup the way he did in his first two starts he’ll do [...]
Yankees/Pirates – Pitching Notes
(Was busy yesterday and didn’t get a chance to finish this–better late than never, I say.) The game against the Pirates was Mike Mussina’s third start in Spring Training, where he has looked anywhere from awful to okay. Today, he looked great. Mussina 5.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 His breaking balls were really [...]
