Mike Mussina has announced his retirement from baseball. Though he spent the past seven or eight years with the New York Yankees, he was once the star pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles back in a day when they were regular contenders for the AL east. I always thought his defection to the Yankees was inexcusable, but looking back at how the Orioles fell flat and never did anything smart to rebuild for the past decade, I don't blame him. After moving to New York, Mussina enjoyed consistantly going to the play-offs, but i don't believe the Yankees ever won the world series while he was there.
The Orioles went in the other direction. They would get good players now and then but they would have a "bad year" whenever they were an Oriole. "So and so had a really good year last year but hasn't done much since coming to Baltimore..." If I had a nickle for every time an Orioles announcer said a comment like that....
It's a bit strange when the players you grew up with begin to retire. It's kind of like when Johny Carson did his last tonight show, or the last episode of cheers aired. Names that you got so used to hearing are suddenly gone.
We'll miss the Moose in baseball. No hard feelings over going to the Yankees, okay Mike?
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