Saturday, August 2, 2008
Yankees.com: Yankees pound Halos to back Moose
NEW YORK—More than most, Mike Mussina takes being a creature of habit seriously. Glad-handing legends and dodging Hall of Famers on his way to the bullpen are not necessarily high on his list of enjoyable activities.
But even Mussina got into the spirit of the final Old-Timers’ Day at Yankee Stadium, hiking up his pants in the style of decades gone by. His vintage performance helped lead the Yankees past the Angels on Saturday, 8-2.
“It was Old-Timers’ Day,” Mussina said. “Why not do it today?”
Having lost the first two games of the series to the Angels, baseball’s winningest club so far, the Yankees needed a victory to avoid a lost weekend. Mussina (14-7) delivered, retiring the final 16 batters he faced while the Bombers blasted Jered Weaver for four home runs in five-plus innings.
“Team-wise, it’s a pretty big deal,” Mussina said. “We haven’t looked very good for about a week now. We need to win ballgames, and these guys have always given us trouble. The guys looked like they were in it today, like everybody who put on the uniform thought it was an important game.”
If you missed Moose’s performance today, do yourself a favor and watch the Yankee rewind or find someone that DVRed it.
Oh, and someone put steroids in Molina’s breakfast this morning.
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