way way past his prime, but consistent if not great for years

Been good enough for whole career.

Excellent pitcher.

Good to great. Has not shown that he's a big game pitcher.

Tends to mysteriously lose several in a row after winning a whole binch. Will never win a Cy Young award because someone always outpitches him, he's consistent but he's been outdone and will never be the best. No one will remeber him when he retires because they will be thinking about Maddux, Clemens, and Johnson.

the moose is loose, not he's been tamed

go moose!

also done.

Mussina was always an excellent pitcher with the Orioles. It really is a shame that "The Moose" didn't receive the credit that he deserved in the 2001 season with the Yankees. He had a better ERA than Clemens, but less win because he had a dearth of run support. He was the second most consistent pitcher behind Clemens this year and one of my personal favorites in a long time. Mussina pitched opening day at the Stadium for the Yankees against the Royals. He gave the Yankees the 1-0 win in I believe 7 or 8 innings and the only run scored was a Paul O'Neill first inning home run. One of the most exciting games of the year was when he was pitching in a scoreless game against Boston in Fenway in late August. The Yankees had finally struck in the 8th to take a 1-0 lead. He retired the first 26 batters of the game and got an 0-2 count to the final batter in his way of a perfect game. Carl Everett fisted it off for a bloop hit and he lost the perfect game. But the amazing thing was that he kept it going for so long in a scoreless game and ended up pitching a complete game shutout. An awesome pitcher that I'm also glad to have on my favorite team.

He is going to be best someday and nobody can deny.

HE IS THE MOOSE! He can definitely pass for a #1 starter.