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It hasn't been officially announced yet, but Ken Rosenthal is reporting that Mike Mussina will retire this week, ending an 18-year major league career. He pitched in 538 games for the Orioles and Yankees, appeared on five all-stars teams and in 16 postseason series, including 2 World Series, yet if he rang my doorbell right now and asked to check my gas meter I might not even recognize him. He never beat anyone up at a strip club, slapped a kid who asked him for an autograph, shouted at an interviewer, or flipped off a crowd as he left the field. He was completely professional and non-controversial at all times and delivered solid, workmanlike performances every five days for almost two decades. In a word: BORRRRR-ING. More »
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Which team has the best record in the American League? Say it with me: Boston Red S ... wait, what? Baltimore Orioles? I'll be damned. Things are so crazy at Camden Yards that they're actually cheering Aubrey "Jackin' It" Huff, whose solo homer in the eighth stood for the Orioles in a 5-4 comeback win over the Mariners. More »
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We were going to reveal the final of our three blind items today, but those crazy ladies at On The DL have something even better for today, so we're gonna hold off. They've put together a compendium of photos online of baseball players boozing and tarting it up with various "fans" across the country. Included are Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina, unemployed slob Sidney Ponson, Dodgers broadcaster-humper Derek Lowe and Red Sox "rocker" Bronson Arroyo, pictured above — and in this photo album — with a woman who is most definitely not his wife. More »
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