The Hardball Times has set up a memorial fund for John Brattain's family. He left behind a wife and two teenage daughters.
Four years ago, I found from personal experience how generous the online community can be to its own in their hour of need. I am now literally begging you to be even more generous than you were to me.
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"Larry, can you be any more of a Yankee apologist?.... Just look past your Yankee myopia and try some objectivity." - Bernal Diaz
"Mr. Mahnken is enlightened." - cordially, as always,
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"Wow, Larry. You've produced 25% of the comments on this thread and said nothing meaningful. That's impressive, even for you." - Anonymous
"After reading all your postings and daily weblog...I believe you have truly become the Phil Pepe of this generation. Now this is not necessarily a good thing." - Repoz
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"i think his followers have a different sexual preference than most men" - bob
"Boring and predictable." - No Guru No Method
"Are you the biggest idiot ever?" - Randal
"I'm not qualified to write for online media, let alone mainstream media." - Larry Mahnken
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Yankees staff members have heard Mike Mussina say he is retiring. However, Mussina hasn’t officially announced this past season - when he won 20 games for the first time in a borderline Hall of Fame career - was his last.
Mussina, who will be 40 in December, hinted at retirement following his 20th win in Boston on the final day of the season.
Since the Yankees won’t hold organizational meetings until a week or two, they haven’t decided if Mussina - or Andy Pettitte - fits into their 2009 plans.
According to a Yankee official, Mussina wouldn’t surprise anybody if he filed for free agency following the World Series to keep his options open. That way if he doesn’t attract interest from teams fitting his desire - accessible from his Montoursville, Pa., home and with a team that has a chance to win - Mussina can retire.
Well, that doesn’t tell us much of anything, does it?
