“Mussina possessed one of the most impressively broad and reliable repertoires of pitches the game had ever seen, and his luck was just as broadly, reliably stupid and cruel.” I guess I don’t need to tell you that Tom Scocca on Mike Mussina is very much worth your time.

“Two days ago, the last word on Harold Baines would have been that he had no real shortcomings. Today, he’s been reduced to nothing but shortcomings. If the committee wanted to respect what he accomplished, it should have left him alone.” Tom Scocca on Baines deserving better than the Hall of Fame.