Mike Mussina News

Ian Kennedy can relate to a lot of Yankees fans. He's watched veteran Andy Pettitte grind out innings and big wins in the Bronx for a few years and he's been taking plenty of notes.

One year ago, right around this time, the Yankees officially shed more than $80 million in payroll, losing the expired contracts of Jason Giambi, Bobby Abreu, Andy Pettitte, Mike Mussina, Carl Pavano and Kyle Farnsworth to free agency.

The 2009 season was a breakout year for Orioles outfielder Adam Jones, and it ended on a high note.

Orioles outfielder Adam Jones is one of this year's American League Gold Glove Award recipients for defensive excellence in the outfield.

Orioles: Was Adam's glove really "golden?" The Rawlings Gold Glove Awards probably will be announced early next week, and there are rumblings that Adam Jones is about to become the first Orioles outfielder to win a Gold Glove since Paul Blair back in 1975.

Baseball still screws up its awards far too often but we should give them credit when they get one right, and today they got one right.

Two rings book-ended Mike Mussina's Yankees career. This got me wondering as to how many others played for a team for 8 years or longer where the team won a World Championship the year before he joined and the year after - but not in between I figured that Lee Sinins was the best person to ask about this and here's what he was able to share: ...

AFTER missing the playoffs for the first time since 1995, the Yankees spent last offseason ensuring they wouldn't suffer the same fate in 2009.

That's the going rate for a second Yankees World Series championship in the first decade of the 21st century.

A year ago, Mike Mussina wrapped up a 20-win season and a career in which he played for the Yankees for eight years.

Think of the procession and the price. Think of all the stars brought in for nearly a decade at a staggering cost to try to recreate the dynasty years.

Would you be willing to give Mark Teixeira a mulligan? I am back. The bar is open.

A.J. Burnett was a non-contributing member of the Florida Marlins team that beat the Yankees in the 2003 World Series.

Last night the Yanks got even, beating back the pesky Phils to tie the World Series at one game apiece.

The Yankees waited six long years for this. They had not won a World Series game since that rainy night in Miami when Mike Mussina beat Florida's Josh Beckett for a 2-1 lead in 2003.

It felt like a birthright early in their careers. They were young and Yankees, and that meant a lifetime in the World Series.

Some selected moments in the decidedly short history between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies: October 1950 - The Yankees quickly dispatch the Phillies in the World Series 4-0. The Phillies had been trying for their first World Series win, the Yankees won their 13th.

Less than a month into his first season, the rookie big-league pitching coach had to call in one of his struggling starters to make it clear he'd have to change things to stay in the rotation.

He has never caved. He has never wilted. The brighter the lights, the closer he pulled that glove to his face to shield those dark, focused eyes.

On Thursday night, the Yankees were one victory away from a triumphant return to the World Series.