- Mike Mussina responded to comments Theo Epstein made about Mussina and his complains on going to Japan in 2004. Said Theo:
“Kevin Brown and Mike Mussina spent the whole time b—tching about it … and by the time the Yankees team got back from the trip they were all using it as a crutch. … The research that we’ve done on the Japan trip from the teams that have previously gone is one or two bad apples can spoil the lot.”
Couldn’t agree more. I remember that trip and how Mussina made a stink about it — not only with his mouth, but on the field too, as he had a 4.59 ERA in 164.2 IP for the Yankees that year, going 12-9.
Anyways, Moose’s response? “Yeah, we used it as an excuse for winning the division.”
The Yankees certainly did win the division — no thanks to Mussina, who stank it up the first two starts of the year — but they also were the victims of the worst choke in sports history.
Moral of the story? There isn’t one, but Epstein’s contention is that the trip to Japan has not bothered his players at all, which he’s pleased about. We’ll see, still plenty of time for a Red Sox player to sound off. - Hideki Okajima added the doki-doki to his arsenal, now Dice-K is adding the two-seamer. Why? Yeah, yeah:
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I think they’re at 6am, 3am here on the West Coast. I can’t believe I’ve almost convinced myself to stay up for them…
Well George Bush is officially funnier then Frank Caliendo now.
For some reason, one of my fantasy leagues had a draft last night and I snagged Hanley Ramirez!
What time are the games on when the Sox travel down to Japan?
Steve, if I remember correctly, 8 AM.
Evan, I think you’re wrong, I think it’s 6 a.m.
I also think if you actually imagine Youk will see time in left field, you are smoking something that you ought to pass around. ;)
First spring training game of the year!
Ellsbury’s already drawn a walk and come around with the first run of the game. And as expected, Beckett pitched 2 hitless innings, striking out 4 out of 6 batters he faced.
Red Sox have actually given up a hit to BC. I’ll give you a clue as to who it is, Javier Lopez pitched in the game.
Sucks to be BC! My proud Northeastern Huskies didn’t fare too bad (15-0 L) compared to Boston College (24-0 L) haha.
Don’t feel too proud, Steven, the Eagles were just cutting the Sox a break. That’s how the Jebbies trained us.
Jeez…39-0 total. At least they can beat college teams pretty handily.
I must say though, it’s pretty sad that Dougie managed to go 0-for-2 against mediocre college pitching. Only starter without a hit. Even Keith Ginter got one!
Yeah okay Gerry, 24-0 loss to make the World Series Champs feel special…right.
Rathman, does that bode bad news for the season about Beli? If he can’t hit collegiate pitching, how is he going to produce against the MLB pitchers??
What? That wasn’t a big stink at all, Mike wasn’t that excited about it but he did it anyway. Big deal. Do you have to be gung-ho about everything at your job? This was a long time ago, I don’t even get why this matters anymore. I guess if ESPN is squawking its ugly little head everyone else in the blogosphere must follow suit.
say what?