Mussina - goodbye to a good guy

After the 2008 season Mussina retired. He completed a Hall of Fame career with the Orioles and Yankees. In 2008 he finally won 20 games for the first time in his career, prior to that he kept falling short of accomplishments like 20 wins, no-hitters, and a World Championship.

Throughout his career with the Yankees he was consistant and reliable. He rarely missed games and was a competitor. It wasn't his fault the Yankees didn't win a World Championship while he was there.

Mussina was one of the good guys in baseball. He didn't get involved in the drug scandals like Clemens, Pettitte, and others. As a Stanford graduate he was one of the smarter guys in baseball. Maybe that is why he retired instead of sticking around a couple of more years.

He didn't care about his stats, otherwise he would be playing a few more years to reach 300 wins. The 300 win mark is becoming virtually impossible to reach these days as a result of the 5 man rotation and pitch counts causing starters to be pulled early. Mussina gave up a lot of money by not coming back. Today it seems like it is all about the money for most players.

Mussina will be missed.