August 27, 2007
The Problem with Mussina
Ryan Raburn just picked up the eighth hit of the evening against Mike Mussina. His at bat demonstrated what's wrong with Mike. He got ahead in the count 0-2, but then threw two pitches outside of the strike zone, away from the batter. As the Detroit announcers noted, those pitches are so far off the plate, batters have an easy not swinging. There's nothing there to make you think it might be a strike. So they just wait for Mussina to come back into the strike zone. He does that on the fifth pitch to Raburn. The pitch is well over the plate, and Raburn knocks it into centerfield for an RBI. Inge follows with a two-out bloop that scored Raburn from first, and after three innings Mike allowed six runs, and it looks like he'll take one for the team here.
Update: Edwar Ramirez replaces Mike to start the fourth and immediately allows a home run to Polanco. The Tigers lead 7-0.
Posted by David Pinto at
08:16 PM
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I think this was the last game Mussina will start for the Yankees. They'll either bring Igawa back up or try Ian Kennedy, but there is no way they can afford to pitch the Moose every fifth day, given how precarious their playoff situation is.
Moose was pitching for his job tonight, and it looks like he lost it.
Too bad, he used to be good.