OT - I need a few opinions from baseball fans

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Posted By: howard rosen

I think he may eventually get in although I'm on the fence about it. However, a couple things in his defense: 1) true, he never won 20 games. But if not for the shortened '94 and '95 seasons he probably would have done it twice. In '94 he might even have won 24 or 25 games. 2) it's true that he has a losing post-season record (7-8) but it is not because he pitched poorly. His 3.42 ERA is outstanding considering he was pitching against some of baseballs best teams. In fact, it is considerably lower than Andy Pettitte's post-season ERA (3.96) and here in NYC Pettitte is considered a great October pitcher. Pettitte pitched fairly well in the post-season but got a lot more offensive support from his teammates than Moose did. 3) Mussina's career ERA is .80 lower than his leagues ERA (3.71-4.51) which is a lot better than a lot of Hall of Famers.