In the span of less than a year, Mike Mussina has gone from a 20-game winner to an Old-Timer.It will be good to see Moose at the new stadium... I wish he was still on the team, though. They could sure use a strike-throwing veteran leader like him.
The recently retired right-hander was announced by the Yankees on Friday as part of an additional selection of pinstriped icons who will be on hand on Sunday for the 63rd annual Old-Timers' Day -- the first held at the new Yankee Stadium.
In addition to Mussina -- who announced his retirement shortly after recording his 20th victory on last season's final day at Fenway Park -- Dwight Gooden, Mel Stottlemyre and Don Zimmer will attend.Mussina, 40, paid a visit to the Yankees during Spring Training and said then that he was completely satisfied with his decision to retire after 18 Major League seasons -- the first 10 with the Orioles, the final eight with the Yankees -- and 270 victories.
"I'm doing nothing," Mussina said on March 10, grinning. "And when I walked through the weight room, I knew why I'm doing nothing. I feel good being retired. ... If I get invited to the Old-Timers' Game, maybe I'll pitch in that. Maybe I'll wait a year."
It would seem Mussina opted not to wait.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE!
3 Comments:
Man i would love Moose to be in this rotation and if he could win 14-16 games for us would of been a plus to bad he retired always like mooooooooooooose :)
I actually miss watching Moose pitch but it seems like he's enjoying retirement. Good for him.
Zimmer that old fart works for the rays. He also defended Johnson injuring Cervelli.
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