Comments on: Moose whines more than we do at our host

By: Yankee Fan in Chicago

Yankee Fan in Chicago — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:47:01 +0000

In his previous start the Yanks gave him a 2 run lead iirc and he gifted it back the very next time on the mound by giving up two very hard hit homers. That’s why yer out Moose. And Konerko’s hit was went off the wall and was a double for virtually anyone else in baseball, even Posada.

The Thome hit was the first baseman’s ball, btw, and would’ve been an easy toss to Moose covering, but Phelp’s pulled up, completely unaware of who was up and that the shift was on and Robby was in short rf. Given how pissed Moose gets when a fielder effs up behind him, that was another reason to pull him.

I was at the game btw with the wife, and when Thome got on, after I’d finished the obscenities against Phelps, I turned to her and said, watch, Thome will score.

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» Moose whines more than we do at our host — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:50:09 +0000

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By: John

John — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:04:05 +0000

It’s true. If you’d given Moose the 4 runs that Wang had to work with most of the game, Moose could have pitched into the 8th.
He seemed on for the first time since he came back from the DL.

By: Jeteupthemiddle

Jeteupthemiddle — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:01:05 +0000

Ok, I just listened to the exchange on Abraham’s blog, and I have to say, that I still don’t care about what he said.

He was laughing at one point with a reference to the 10 runs.

I think what truly bothered him was that he didn’t know that coming out was even a possibility.

“I thought it was going to be Guidry. I turn around and it was Joe signaling to the bullpen. I didn’t even know anyone was UP in the bullpen.”

He knows he pitched well and he was disappointed he couldn’t continue.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:57:12 +0000

Moose was asked, “Why are you so upset?” Instead of saying that he wasn’t upset, he discussed that he was upset because he felt he was pulled too soon. Seems negative to me. Maybe Abraham’s question was designed to egg him out, but Moose fell for it.

By: Jeteupthemiddle

Jeteupthemiddle — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:52:37 +0000

Mussina was specifically asked “What is your problem?”

Perhaps there is a positive and a negative way to ask things. Peter Abraham chose the negative way.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:44:58 +0000

My problem, which I didn’t state explicitly here, is that Mussina feels the need to bring this up to the press. It sounds more like whining than it does a cry for competitiveness. He’s mumbling about not pitching enough instead of saying that he’s glad the Yanks won and would have liked to go more. There’s a positive and a negative way to say this. Mussina chose the negative way.

By: Jeteupthemiddle

Jeteupthemiddle — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:43:11 +0000

I fail to see any problem in what Mussina said.

He wanted to stay in and understands why he was removed. What is the problem?

Especially when it was the bottom of the lineup coming, and we have all watched Mike Myers against lefties this season. It couldn’t have been fun to sit on the bench and watch someone else give up your lead when you know you could have gone further into the game.

I think people…especially the media and those who take the media too seriously…are overly sensitive to Mussina’s post game comments in nearly every situation.

This is not to say that I disagree with the move, I just have zero problem with what Mussina said….and on several occasions I agree with him.